Teacher to spend 2 years in jail for stealing €20, phone
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has sentenced a teacher, Adebayo Osayemi, to two years in prison for stealing his employer’s phone and money, totalling N237,000. Delivering the judgment, Magistrate Mrs. O.O. Latunji stated that the conviction and sentence were based on evidence presented by the police and Osayemi’s guilty plea. “Osayemi is […]
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has sentenced a teacher, Adebayo Osayemi, to two years in prison for stealing his employer’s phone and money, totalling N237,000.
Delivering the judgment, Magistrate Mrs. O.O. Latunji stated that the conviction and sentence were based on evidence presented by the police and Osayemi’s guilty plea.
“Osayemi is hereby sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour, without any option of fine,” Latunji said.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Oluseye Akinola, told the court that the offence was committed on January 13 at No. 3, Church St., behind Fagbemi Filling Station, Orita-Challenge, Ibadan, Oyo State.
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According to the prosecution, Osayemi had closely monitored the movements of Funmilayo Adesinmi, the complainant and proprietor of Montessori Gofas Nursery and Primary School in Ibadan, before entering her office to commit the theft.
Akinola further explained that Adesinmi had left her office briefly to buy foodstuffs from a nearby market, leaving three children behind in the school when the convict entered.
Adesinmi’s daughter had seen Osayemi entering, and upon checking, they discovered that €20, equivalent to N35,000, and a Techno Smart 4 phone, valued at N95,000, were missing from her desk.
The prosecutor also noted that, prior to his arrest, Osayemi transferred N82,000 and N25,000 from Adesinmi’s Money Point and First Bank accounts to his Opay and UBA accounts, respectively.
Akinola stated that the offence contravened Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Cap 38 Vol. II, Law of Oyo State, 2000. (NAN)