For allegedly stealing a phone belonging to Rauf Aregbesola, the governor of Osun State, an Osogbo Senior Magistrates' Court on Monday ordered that a 32 year old man, Kelvin Ighodalo, be remanded in prison.

The Osun Government had arraigned the suspect on a six-count charge of conspiracy, fraud, stealing and impersonation.

The charge sheet, signed by a Principal State Counsel, Biodun Badeora, for the Attorney-General, stated that the accused, and others at large, committed the offence between November 2010 and June 2011 in Osogbo.

It also stated that the accused Mr. Ighodalo conspired with some people at Technical College Sports field on November 27and stole a Sony Erickson telephone handset with GSM number 08039404966 from the state governor.

The charge sheet said the suspect falsely represented himself as Mr. Aregbesola and used the telephone number on June 3 to defraud the Ijesha Monarch, Adekunle Aromolaran, of N500,000.

It further claimed that the suspect used the number on May 24, 2011, to defraud one Shenge Rahman of N200,000.

A Legal Officer, Michael Ubi, said that all the alleged offences contravened sections 8 (c), 1 (1) (c) and punishable under section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges and his counsel, Remnus Ugwu, made an oral application for his bail.

But the oral bail application was rejected by the Senior Magistrate, Olusola Aluko.

Mr. Aluko directed the counsel to file a written bail application before the court for consideration and ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody till July 31.

Billyonaire: Governors and Presidents are not supposed to have personal phones, only office phones, thats how its done in USA, since we want to practice US-styled Democracy.

Billyonaire: And you think thats a personal phone ?

Billyonaire: Governors and Presidents are not supposed to have personal phones, only office phones, thats how its done in USA, since we want to practice US-styled Democracy.

Ileke-IdI:


No na, it's Osama Bin Laden's personal phone.

PeeDaVinci: title misleading. this is not just about the stealing of the phone, but the fraud committed by the offender using the phone.
on the other hand, just wondering- how in the world does a governor lose his phone to a stranger - is the gov dumb and his security details stupid, or the guy is just too smart

freecocoa: How did the man come about the phone in the first place?did he rob the governor at gun point or what? This people had better start telling stories that makes sense.


Btw the man is a f00l,he had access to that kind of phone,wanted to steal with it and stole that little? If i were the judge,I'd add 5 more years to whatever his time\punishment would be for being a useless,dumb and petty thief .

Ileke-IdI:


No na, it's Osama Bin Laden's personal phone.

stagger: If IBB's sandals could be stolen at the National Mosque, wetin be phone?

shizzle11: [b][/b]


Don't get too berserk, i'm sure he stole what he could steal at that material time. And its not 200k but 700 (500 from an ijesha monarch plus 200 from rahman). I hate the activities of rogues and thieves but i feel better if they steal from polithiefians

Billyonaire: You should learn how to talk...thats official phone not personal phone.

Ileke-IdI:


No na, it's Osama Bin Laden's personal phone.

spyder880: Some say he should have stolen more, we are supporting evil but when them politicians steal from uS, we cry foul,

Ileke-IdI:


First of all, Obama has a personal BB phone that he's allowed to keep. Second of all, according to your logic, if "democratic" politicians in other countries are allowed cell phones, what makes Aregbesola any different? And exactly how did you deduce that that was Aregbesola's personal phone?


Stop trying to deter the topic to Aregbesola's persona. Someone not only tried to steal, and to make it worse, the object of the matter is a phone belonging to an official. He needs to be punished. Period.

Billyonaire: Whats my business with a madman called Aregbesola, Looking at that man, you could tell he is very uncultured,unlettered, and unkept. Who ever defrauds or steal his phucking phone should be prosecuted, and the politicians should also be prosecuted by these yeye courts that rush to prosecute common criminals and not the Farouks of this country. Shalom

Ileke-IdI:


My friend, you're beginning to annoy me with your desperate need to join a bandwagon. @ this point, you've not said anything, other than what you've been spoon-fed by threatened NL Politician-agents.

Billyonaire: Young man, you are upset cos of my radical opinion ? Then join the jihad, kill a bunch of people and get rewarded with 72 virgins.

stagger: If IBB's sandals could be stolen at the National Mosque, wetin be phone?