NAN-H-76
Imprisonment
By Elusogbon Dorcas
Ile-Ife (Osun), Feb. 8, 2017 (NAN) An Ile-Ife Magistrate’s Court in Osun on Wednesday sentenced two accused persons, David Atemu, 21, and Wale Aworinde, 19, to three months imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Sunday Osanyintuyi, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Monday at about 5.50 p.m. at Agbede Street, Ile-Ife.
Osanyintuyi said that the accused conspired among themselves and stole one Jincheng motorcycle marked QN 642 LSR and valued at N78, 000 , property of one Kunle Duduyemi.
He said that the offence was contrary to Sections 383, 390 (9) and 516 of the Criminal Code Cap. 34 Vol. 11, Laws of Osun, 2002.
The prosecutor stated that the accused stole the motorcycle opposite St Peter’s Anglican Church, Ayegbaju, Ile-Ife, where the owner of the motorcycle had parked it.
Osanyintuyi added that the accused took the motorcycle to a junk yard where a brother to the owner accosted him and he was arrested.
Inspite of the plea of the defence counsel, Mr Abimbola Ige, Magistrate Olalekan Ijiyode sentenced the duo to three months imprisonment to serve as a deterrent to others.
He, however, gave the convict an option of N4, 000 fine each. (NAN)
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(Edited by Mufutau Ojo)