dridowu: Justice is for the highest bidder in Nigeria.
What a shameful profession .
I think they are taught how to be corrupt in law school.

Dnt say wat u dnt knw mr.

You see, Nigeria media always want you to react in a conditioned manner which ordinarily you wouldnt have reacted. The guy stole governor's phone where he was sworn in. He had swindled some important personalities, including Owa Obokun of Ijesa land. He was charged on 6-count charge, three of which he bagged 10 years each and another three 5 years each WHICH ARE TO RUN CONCURRENTLY. THIS MEANS HE IS TO SPEND ONLY 10 YEARS IN JAIL. Nigeria media in their wisdom added 10x3 + 5x3 = 45. Can we now conclude that they are out to confuse people?

One thing I find annoying is that some dimwits here in Nigeria will open their vocal caivity and say "Nigeria is a democratic state". How can there be a democracy when only the poor face justice when they commit an offence, and they rich go scud free or they make sure they frustrate the judicial process!.

Okay People... let's learn to criticize any unfolding scenario only based on facts and the connecting realities.
Was the guy accused only of phone theft? Nope
Apart from phone theft, what other accusations? ...2)Impersonation of the governor 3)Collection of money by false pretense (i.e based on impersonation)and 3 others. So from what I gathered, he is convicted on a 6 count charge, he was found guilty as charged and got jail term on each charges. So ur criticism is faulty if u are one of those who criticized based on the assumption that he was only charged for phone theft.

However @dulphines

dulphines: 45 years in prison is not enough for that criminal. If u'v been robbed before then u'll understand that these criminals are heartless and kill at will. They are deadlier than the ones you term "big thieves" and should be locked down for life.

I am sorry to say that ur thinking is not deep (u have the right to disagree). U said a guy who only stole phone and impersonated one individual is more dangerous than a bigger thief that stole and deprive millions of ppl their basic livelihood? A consequence of which is mass poverty, daily tragic death by road accident, hopelessness as a result of lack of opportunities and prospect for a honest hard working citizen. And a product of such degenerated society are these small thieves... So who exactly should we blame over all? The small thief or the big thief such as Aregbeshola?

I don't have any problem that the small thief is taken to jail.. since the gravity of his offence seems to commensurate with his sentence but the big thief should also go to jail and their sentence must also commensurate with the gravity of their offence which in my opinion should be life imprisonment or death because these big thieves are both directly and indirectly catalytic to many citizen's death and misfortune.

I'm nt surprise,african china don sing am.poor man wey tif magi,dem go show dem face 4 crime fiter.na God go judge dem all

Most people who claimed to be learned are gullible, uneducated and fools!
Almost no one knws half the story. The 45yrs is their problem!
Was he sentenced to 45yrs for stealing a phone or for various charges against him?
The guy is a plain theif with records of a prison term at ikoyi. The guy used the phone to swindle some people, he has other criminal records against.
For theft, fraud, and violent records initially against him and others he had committed, all amounted to 45yrs!
And it will run concurrently, which means he might not even spent up to 10yrs in prison!

Are u these foolish?

There are problems with some nigerians, infact you will see some educated peoples acting like illiterate.

Many people did not bother to read the content of the judgement before commenting. Some people do not even care to found out the background/past of the offender before bashing the jurgement.

May God save this country....
May God gives Nigerians the wisdom to be able to comprehend our differences
May God leads us to the pomise Land
AMEEN

Naija which way?

belu: Ibori and Alaimesega should go for 2billion years imprisionment. Wheneva any of them die, d child wil continue until dey conplete dat tenure

lmao. U r really funny dude. U got me cracking.

What arant nonsense. Let the so called gov tell me he has never ever added zero's to figures or that he has never stollen from his wife's pot. Mtewwwwww. God bless ighodalo and i know they will soon grant you state pardon.

SLIDE waxie: Most people who claimed to be learned are gullible, uneducated and fools!
Almost no one knws half the story. The 45yrs is their problem!
Was he sentenced to 45yrs for stealing a phone or for various charges against him?
The guy is a plain theif with records of a prison term at ikoyi. The guy used the phone to swindle some people, he has other criminal records against.
For theft, fraud, and violent records initially against him and others he had committed, all amounted to 45yrs!
And it will run concurrently, which means he might not even spent up to 10yrs in prison!

Are u these foolish?

We're quite foolish for a reason
we cant be bothered to think anymore

-it shows our collective anger at a system that cld not convict ibori twice, and then same Ibori gets jailed in UK
-our anger at a system that grants pardons and amnesties to ex convicts because of political connections and foists them on our educational system to breed more of their kind
-our frustration with a system that lets a pension thief that stole millions (putting the remaining days of retirees in peril)walk away freely, then turn around and slams a comparatively lengthy jail term on a phone thief/scam artiste who made away with peanuts

Foolish actions have in turm made us extremely foolish and angry

SLIDE waxie: Most people who claimed to be learned are gullible, uneducated and fools!
Almost no one knws half the story. The 45yrs is their problem!
Was he sentenced to 45yrs for stealing a phone or for various charges against him?
The guy is a plain theif with records of a prison term at ikoyi. The guy used the phone to swindle some people, he has other criminal records against.
For theft, fraud, and violent records initially against him and others he had committed, all amounted to 45yrs!
And it will run concurrently, which means he might not even spent up to 10yrs in prison!

Are u these foolish?

We can all witness your very own superior education in application. Just read your post again and cover your face in shame.

A post filled with grammatical blunders and what not. You can't even construct proper English sentences and you have the guts to
call others out.

The joke is on you. Pathetic.

dulphines: 45 years in prison is not enough for that criminal. If u'v been robbed before then u'll understand that these criminals are heartless and kill at will. They are deadlier than the ones you term "big thieves" and should be locked down for life.

Well u lack understanding so Im not amazed to read this view of yours. Ask all these people thieves if they are happy to steal from you no non of them are happy to but the political thieves pushed these people.

Gbawe:

Hide your face in shame for yourself and your totally disgusting education system that makes many of you leave university barely functional as per the concept of reading, comprehending what is written and making logical conclusions 6 year old are capable of elsewhere.

All of you are fond of coming here to attack others wrongly and vacuously when you are only displaying your own ridiculous scant education. Go and read about this event and come and tell us whether the sentencing judge erred let alone Aregbesola who is not involved in this.

Wtf is this lunatic rambling about? If υ must be mad at someone it should be yo parents not me. Kapish?

baba Fela for see all these things; i wish Fela was alive he would have relaesed another album with all these selective judgments

talkmarkay: There are problems with some nigerians, infact you will see some educated peoples acting like illiterate.

Many people did not bother to read the content of the judgement before commenting. Some people do not even care to found out the background/past of the offender before bashing the jurgement.

May God save this country....
May God gives Nigerians the wisdom to be able to comprehend our differences
May God leads us to the pomise Land
AMEEN

Thank you !!! I have personally corrected misconceptions about this case at least 4 times on this forum. Yet all I see is a proud and collective readiness to wallow in ignorance that shows why Nigeria is what it is is today. How many of those shouting here and insulting others (the judge, Aregbesola et al) know that the judge actually showed leniency?

Sentencing guideline gives the judge the total discretion of choosing between a minimum of 7 years and a maximum of 20 years ,all without the option of a fine, for the crime committed yet the judge went for 10 years. The judge has done his job impeccably and this does not even concern Aregbesola yet all we get here is ALUU-like utterances.

These people here, because of their own intellectual laziness, are the same ones who will partake in the wrongful lynching of the judge connected in this case same as those ignorant animals lynched those poor boys in ALUU. Taking 3 minutes to read an article is even too much for majority of posters here. They would rather operate with ignorance and lynch-mob insanity. Sometimes I think there is limited hope for Nigeria because the people of a nation are supposed to be it's asset and hope.

http://premiumtimesng.com/regional/132500-osun-govt-explains-jail-term-for-man-who-stole-gov-aregbesolas-phone.html

Mr. Afolabi said the accused were charged to court on a- six-count charge of conspiracy to obtain money under false pretence, obtaining money under false pretence, stealing and impersonation.
“Although Ighodalo was granted bail by the Court, he jumped bail and attempted committing similar offence with another person’s GSM number but was caught in the process.
“He was later arraigned on the six-count charge and he pleaded guilty to all the six counts. The first three counts carry twenty years maximum term with no option of fine,” he noted.
Mr. Afolabi clarified that whoever committed this offence under Subsection (1) or (2) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for not more than twenty years and not less than seven years without an option of a fine.
The commissioner further recalled, however, that the Judge, while sentencing Ighodalo, exercised his discretion within the limited space allowed by law to sentence him to 10 years term on each of the first three counts.

“To say that Ighodalo was sentenced to 45 years prison term for stealing Aregbesola’s phone is not only misleading but unduly sensationalised, unfair to the court and the entire criminal justice system.
“I will only advise that Nigerians should refrain from trivialising or playing politics with serious financial crime more so when other members of the syndicate are still at large and any member of the public may fall their victim.

50,000=45 years imprisonment, i.e 900 naira=1 year
How come Ibori got 13yrs for 50,000,000 pounds? Based on this judgement, it will take 100 generations (all and sundry) of Ibori to served out d term.
If law should be passed based on this judgement(900=1yr), atleast road-bumps in Nigeria should be built with gold.
That judge should know that judgement too await him by God.

goldfish80:
Wtf is this lunatic rambling about? If υ must be mad at someone it should be yo parents not me. Kapish?

You are the lunatic not me. Very predictable because this is all illiterates like you have the capacity for. I have seen this from Nigerians everywhere. They talk ignorantly, attack others wrongly out of their own illiteracy and poor comprehension plus make a loud and uncouth nuisance of themselves.

When corrected and shown up to be empty barrels insulting others wrongly, rather than become contrite as others would be, empty insult is the next line of action for these elements no better than gutter agberos. I repeat, you are the illiterate disgrace to Nigeria and the person who should hide his face in shame and not Aregbesola.

I said this the last time and someone abused me... one common problem people here have is that inability to actually read...same advice as before people please for the love of God pls read through the details of the topic before jumping to the comments section

Even if it is 10yrs. . .is that not too much for a case of phone theft!!?

Shuo! Abi you think sey 10yrs na 10 hours!

Gbawe:

You are the lunatic not me. Very predictable because this is all illiterates like have the capacity for. I have seen this from Nigerians everywhere. They talk ignorantly, attack others wrongly out of their own illiteracy and poor comprehension plus make a loud and uncouth nuisance of themselves.

When corrected and shown up to be empty barrels insulting others wrongly, rather than become contrite as others would be, empty insult is the next line of action for these elements no better than gutter agberos. I repeat, you are the illiterate disgrace to Nigeria and the person who should hide his face in shame and not Aregbesola.

You are striving so hard to make a point but the more you talk, the more stupeed you sound. I would have given you α hot slap this afternoon if this was to be a face-face talk... educated Agbero

SLIDE waxie: Most people who claimed to be learned are gullible, uneducated and fools!
Almost no one knws half the story. The 45yrs is their problem!
Was he sentenced to 45yrs for stealing a phone or for various charges against him?
The guy is a plain theif with records of a prison term at ikoyi. The guy used the phone to swindle some people, he has other criminal records against.
For theft, fraud, and violent records initially against him and others he had committed, all amounted to 45yrs!
And it will run concurrently, which means he might not even spent up to 10yrs in prison!

Are u these foolish?

Dude, get it togther. Are they sentencing him for crimes he'd been convicted for previously!!?

RuuDie: Even if it is 10yrs. . .is that not too much for a case of phone theft!!?

Shuo! Abi you think sey 10yrs na 10 hours!

Is it a case of "phone theft" alone as you simplistically posit?

I support all the complaints, this judgement has rubbished Nija's judicial system to a "nonesensical" institution

pendusky:

u jst said my mind!...

u mean thief tif thief? Was it at gun point? I guess the guy must have seen billions of dollers alart and he will open his mouth soon, so keeping him in the cooler will be better

Tell me what i dont know

Agbgift:


Dnt say wat u dnt knw mr.

dulphines: 45 years in prison is not enough for that criminal. If u'v been robbed before then u'll understand that these criminals are heartless and kill at will. They are deadlier than the ones you term "big thieves" and should be locked down for life.

So, in ur warped opinion, 45yrs is too small for stealing wit a gun while 2yrs or fine is too harsh on those who steal wit pens ko? Comot jor. Hauka da munafirci ke nan!

So what is argued here is there is NO way to charge Bode George, John Yusufu, Dimeji Bankole, Cecilia Ibru and Lucky Igbinedion under harsher codes but this Ighodalo man suffers that? Bleep you Nigeria

dridowu: so u prefer the big thieves to the small thieves, u said d small thiefs kill but have u 4goten dat big thfs kills also (indirectly) by squandering money belong to pensioners, by not fixing infrasture afta coleting d money , etc. #smdh 4 ur thinking#

Don't smdh 4 my thinking yet and go through my comment over again. It didn't imply that i prefer any category of thieves but concernd on d fact that the ones that waylay people, pick-pockets and their likes ar DEADLIER and shld be lockd down. Pls. Read, comprehend and be thorough in your analysis before commenting. Never rush to comment and later discover that its ur thinking(brain) that shld be put to scrutiny.

Gbawe: Why do you people keep repeating this 45 years fallacy? When they joke thatb black people hate reading you will all be mad and blustering sanctimoniously yet you are all proving it here. Every single article about this event also states that the convicted man will only serve 10 years in prison as the 45 years jail term is an accumulation of the various sentences that will run concurrently. Obvious most only read the title and work themselves into a self-righteous frenzy yet I wonder how so many people can be so united by hideous intellectually laziness? It is a terrible prospect to consider in respect to the manpower that will 'develop' Nigeria. Obvious Nigerians love to wallow in ignorance that leads them to never seeing the complete picture. Probably why we have a crap nation. After all Nigerians are Nigeria.

I honestly think they stopped teaching reading and comprehension in our schools or many on nl took the class but failed woefully....

Justice was served, but without leniency.. D guy was guilty of a five count charge, 4 of which attracts 10yrs n d oda 1 5yrs term amounting 2 45yrs. This howeva could hav been played out wit sum leniency n fine options, afterall our polititians do worse n practically walk away!

The guy was sentence for about 10years not 45 years . I read the transcript of the judgement . 10yrs for an offence , another 10yrs for another offence , and another 10yrs for another offence , and 5yrs for an offence , and 10yrs for another offence . All to be served concurrently. Meaning the guy would spend about 10yrs in jail.