Court sends 2 to prison for stealing chickens

An Ota magistrates’ court in Ogun State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Shibu Abdullahi, 21, and Yakubu Usman, 25, to one-month imprisonment each for stealing two chickens valued at N70,000. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Fadairo, sentenced each of the convicts to one month imprisonment, without an option of fine, after they pleaded guilty to […]

An Ota magistrates’ court in Ogun State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Shibu Abdullahi, 21, and Yakubu Usman, 25, to one-month imprisonment each for stealing two chickens valued at N70,000.

The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Fadairo, sentenced each of the convicts to one month imprisonment, without an option of fine, after they pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector E. O. Adaraloye, told the court that the convicts, and others still at large, committed the offences on March 30, at about 2am at No.7 Ibukun Oluwa Street, Itele, Ota.

Adaraloye said the convicts and their accomplices stole two chickens, valued at N70,000, belonging to one Bello Kolawole.

He said that the offences contravened sections 390(9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006. (NAN)