The farmers were convicted following their guilty plea and the prosecution proving its case beyond reasonable doubt against the two farmers.
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The Magistrate, O. W Dosumu, ordered that the community service would be served within the new court complex, Oke Eda, Akure, between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. every day within the period. Earlier, the prosecutor, Adeboye Adesegun, had informed the court that the convicts were caught with the uniforms at Wese Camp, Ipele in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The prosecutor, who tendered the convicts’ confessional statements and the army uniforms as exhibits, asked the court to sentence the farmers accordingly.