A Magistrate’s Court in
Osogbo, Osun State has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Sulaiman Awokunle, to six
months imprisonment for allegedly stealing a ram kept for Sallah by Saka
Idowu.
The police prosecutor, Elisa
Olusegun, told the court that Awokunle stole the ram valued at N25, 000 at
about 6am inside Onunrin’s compound in Iree,
Olusegun said the accused person
committed an offence contrary to Section 383 and punishable under Section
390(9) of the criminal code, cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Odun state of Nigeria,
2003.
Awokunle pleaded guilty to
the one count-charge of theft levelled against him and pleaded for mercy.
His counsel, Najite Okobe,
said his client was a first time offender and urged the court to mitigate his
punishment.
Magistrate Adenike
Olowolagba convicted Awokunle and sentenced him to six months imprisonment. The
Magistrate however gave him an option of N4, 000 in the spirit of Eid el-Kabir.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that a 41-year- old man, Kasimu Saka, was also arraigned before
an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Wednesday for allegedly stealing a
ram valued at N40, 000.
Source:NAN
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