A 23-year-old man, Wasiu Moshood, was on Tuesday sentenced to
two years in prison by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan.
The young man, who was convicted of stealing a Blackberry Bold
5 phone from a woman at the newly commissioned Shoprite stores, Ibadan, had
pleaded guilty to the one-count charge when he was arraigned last Friday.
According to the Police prosecutor, Corporal Philip Amusan, Moshood picked the phone from Mrs. Falilat Adekoya’s bag within the
premises of the new Shoprite branch at Ring Road area, of the town on June 18, the day the store was opened for business. The phone was worth N45,000.
The prosecutor said the offence was contrary to and
punishable under Section 390 of the Oyo state Criminal law of 2000.
Despite pleading guilty to the charge, the convict, who was
not represented by a lawyer, failed to produce the missing phone in the course of prosecution.
The Magistrate, O.A. Amzat, eventually found him guilty of
the offence and sentenced him to two years in prison without option of fine.
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