by Akan Ido

Saheed Sodaji, 28, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for conspiring to rob a man of his motorcycle.

Sogaji was found guilty by an Ibadan High Court after the prosecutor, Titilayo Dairo proved beyond reasonable doubt that the suspect, with the help of others who are now at large, committed the said crime.

The suspect was sentenced to seven years for conspiracy to rob and and fourteen years for robbery.

According to reports, the judge said that the sentences were without option, adding that the sentences would commence from the day Sogaji was put in custody.

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She said that Sogaji and his colleagues now at large, conspired to rob one Kehinde Isiaka of his Bajaj motorcycle with registration number LUY 080 OA,  on March 26, 2012 at Odo-Ona Elewe in Ibadan.

The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 516 and 401 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Vol. II Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

Sogaji had, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Defence Counsel, Mr Fola Awoyemi, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy with his client.

Awoyemi said that Sogaji, from Cotonu, had been in prison custody since March 26, 2012, adding that he had also lost his parents.