Ekiti court jails man for stealing students’ phones

A magistrates’ court sitting in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Emmanuel Ekundayo, to one year in prison for stealing students’ phones at the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti.

Ekundayo, who claimed to be a student of a polytechnic in the state, pleaded guilty to the crime.

Earlier, the police said the defendant was arrested on July 17, during one of the 2022/2023 first semester examinations in the library’s lecture theatre while ransacking the bags of students who were writing examinations.

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When the charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty, and the Magistrate, Dotun Omoteye, sentenced him to one year imprisonment with an option of a fine.