An Abeokuta Magistrates’
Court on Monday sentenced
a 19-year-old student,
Oluwaseyifunmi Jolaosho, to
two years imprisonment for
stealing a blackberry phone
valued at N50,000.
Jolaosho of no fixed address
pleaded guilty to a one-
count charge of stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp
Augustine Ozimini, told the
court that the offence was
committed on May 11 at 6,
Balogun St., Ore-Meji, Oluwo,
Onikolobo in Abeokuta.
Ozimini said that the convict
entered the room of one
Miss Olaide Somorin and
stole her cell phone, adding
that Somorin’s roommate,
who saw the convict when
he was rushing out of the
house, raised an alarm.
He said that when Jolaosho
was apprehended, the stolen
cell phone was found in his
possession.
The prosecutor said that the
offence contravened Section
390 (9) of the Criminal Laws
of Ogun, 2006.
The Magistrate, Mr Olayinka
Idowu, sentenced Jolaosho
to two years imprisonment
with an option of N10,000
fine payable after three
months. (NAN)
source www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/student-bags-2yrs-imprisonment-for-stealing-blackberry-phone/