by Anike Jacob
A Somolu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Monday sentenced a 28- year-old man, Abiodun Ojedokun, to six days of community service for stealing a large pot of soup.
Abiodun, reportedly connived with some others, now at large, to break into one Mrs Gbadamosi Sanni’s shop at 2:00am in Onipanu Model Market in Somolu, Lagos State.
They broke the locks and stole her large pot of soup, valued at N8,000.
According to ASP Akinlabi Adegoke, the police prosecutor, the offences contravened Sections 285, 308 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.Ojedokun however pleaded guilty to the charges and asked for leniency, claiming that he committed the offence because he was starving.
According to ASP Akinlabi Adegoke, the police prosecutor, the offences contravened Sections 285, 308 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.Ojedokun however pleaded guilty to the charges and asked for leniency, claiming that he committed the offence because he was starving.
The Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, sentenced the accused to 48 hours of community service for each of the three-count charge, after he had pleaded guilty to all of them.
“Based on the facts of this case before this court, the confirmed report and your plea of leniency, I hereby sentence you to 48 hours community service on each of the counts of the charge,” she ordered.
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