A phone thief, Kelvin Yahaya has been sentenced to 12 months
imprisonment by an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday for stealing three
phones belonging to students of Lagos State University. He was arraigned on two
counts of theft, which he pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor, Insp. Uche Simeon, told the court that the
convict committed the offences on Nov. 7, at about 11:15a.m at the Lagos
State University, Ojo campus.
He said that the convict entered into the campus and stole
three phones all valued at N174,000 belonging to two students of the
university.
“Yahaya went to the Faculty of Law while students were
writing an exam and stole a Samsung Galaxy X8, one Infinix Hot 5 and an Itel
Phone from the bags of some students outside the examination hall.
“He was sighted by some students passing by who raised the
alarm and he was caught and searched by the Campus Marshalls,” he said.
Simeon said that the offences contravened section 287 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates three years imprisonment
for anyone found guilty.
The Magistrate, Mrs A. S. Okubule, in her ruling
sentenced Yahaya to six months imprisonment with hard labour and without an
option of fine on each count.
She said that the jail term should run concurrently.
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