A 29 year old man has been sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a suit jacket. The convict was arraigned before Magistrate Bankole Oluwasanmi on 21st March, 2024, on a one-count charge bordering on stealing.
The charge reads: 'That you Olu Gbenga of Bus Terminal, Old Garage, Ado Ekiti on 26th December, 2023 at about 4:00 p.m. at Oluwatedo Community, Ado Ekiti in the Ado Ekiti Magisterial District, did steal one Jacket Cloth valued N80, 000.00 that was spread on the rope, property of Babatunde Bagilaje.' According to the charge, the offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 302 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
I confronted him, at first, he denied the allegation, I took him to my community with the help of some passersby, I showed him the jacket’s trouser, he later confessed to have stolen it when he came to paint a house in the neighbourhood. He was later handed over to the Police.* To prove his case, the prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare called one witness and tendered the jacket, as well as the statements of the defendant and complainant, as exhibits.
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