Courtroom jails man seven years for stealing telephone

The Ekiti State Excessive Courtroom, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Omodara Dada, to seven years imprisonment for theft.

Dada was accused in courtroom of robbing an proprietor of a telephone value ¥64,000 and ¥8,000 in money whereas armed with a knife in 2022.

He was arraigned earlier than Justice Lekan Ogunmoyi on July 19, 2022 on one depend of armed theft, opposite to Part 312(2) of the Ekiti State Legal Code, 2011.

The cost reads as follows: “The convict, on the thirteenth of February, 2022, at Ado Ekiti, throughout the jurisdiction of this Honorable Courtroom, robbed one Fakiyesi Tope of his black Infinix Sizzling 8, value N64,000, and money amounting to N8,000.” . He was armed with a knife on the time of the theft.”

In his assertion to the police, the sufferer stated: “I’m a lodge supervisor. On that fateful day, I used to be asleep in my lodge room. I abruptly awoke after I heard a sound and noticed the defendant attempting to take away my plasma TV. I attempted to scream, however he pulled out a knife and threatened to stab me if I screamed.

“I later discovered that he took my telephone and N8,000 money that I had placed on the desk. I grabbed him from behind when he tried to run away, and referred to as for assist. He was overpowered with the assistance of others, and was arrested and handed over to the police,” he added.

To show his case, prosecutor Albert Adeyemi referred to as three witnesses and offered statements from the sufferer, the accused, a knife and N8,000, amongst different paperwork.

The accused, who didn’t name any witnesses, spoke in his protection via his lawyer and requested the courtroom to mood justice with mercy.

“The proof offered on the listening to in assist of the capital offense is inadequate to assist the cost of armed theft however proves past affordable doubt the lesser offence,” Justice Ogunmoyi stated in his ruling.

“The defendant was convicted of theft underneath Part 323 of the Legal Code of Ekiti State.

The decide declared that he was “sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, ranging from the date of his detention on the Federal Correctional Establishment, Ado Ekiti.”