A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Usman Aminu, to six months imprisonment for alleged housebreaking and theft.
The police told the court that on February 27, at about 01:30p.m, at Ado-Ekiti, Aminu broke into the house of one Akunne Clara and committed a felony therein.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, said the defendant on the same date, time and place within the magisterial district, did steal one 12KG gas cylinder, 1 cable wire, 1 DVD player, 1 big LG television and 1 HP laptop, total valued N385,000:00, property of Akunne Clara.
Inspector Adeniyi, pointed out that the offence committed is punishable under Section 322(a), 302(1) (a) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021.
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The defendant, whose counsel was Barr. E. O. Oladele, owned up to the crime, and was however given a summary trial, as he bagged N20,000 fine on count 1, and N10,000 fine on count 2.
The Magistrate, Dolapo Babalogbon, sentenced him to 6 months imprisonment for the offence and was taken to the correctional custody in Ado-Ekiti.
