Man bags 3 years for theft in Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced one Oluwapelumi Adewale Ogundipe to three years imprisonment after finding him guilty of stealing. The judgment was delivered in Suit No. HAD/32C/2025, titled State vs. Ogundipe Oluwapelumi Adewale, before Court Four of the state High Court. Ogundipe had earlier been arraigned on charges of conspiracy […]

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced one Oluwapelumi Adewale Ogundipe to three years imprisonment after finding him guilty of stealing.

The judgment was delivered in Suit No. HAD/32C/2025, titled State vs. Ogundipe Oluwapelumi Adewale, before Court Four of the state High Court.

Ogundipe had earlier been arraigned on charges of conspiracy and armed robbery alongside one Alasi Kolawole.

The prosecution, led by Kunle Sina Adeyemo, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in Ekiti State, alleged that the convict and others conspired to rob the victim, an offence punishable under the laws of the state.

During the trial, the prosecution presented evidence and witnesses in support of the charges against the defendant.

However, in his judgment, Justice A.A. Adeleye held that the prosecution failed to fully establish the offence of armed robbery against the accused.

The court, nevertheless, ruled that the evidence before it sufficiently proved the lesser offence of stealing.

Based on the finding, Justice Adeleye convicted Ogundipe and sentenced him to three years imprisonment.

The convict was represented by Barrister A.O. Okeya throughout the proceedings.