NAN-H-4
Stealing
By Elusogbon Dorcas
Ile-Ife (Osun), Oct. 19, 2016 (NAN) A 22-year-old man, Lanrewaju Abiodun, who admitted entering into another person’s farm to steal cocoa beans, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by a magistrates’ court in Ile-Ife.
Magistrate Risikat Olayemi ordered the remand of the accused in prison custody following his plea of guilty to the charges of conspiracy and stealing preferred against him.
Olayemi then adjourned the case to Oct. 20 for the presentation of facts and sentencing.
The prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Oct. 18 at Ita-Abiye near Ile-Ife.
Abdullahi said that the accused conspired with others at large to commit felony by forcibly entering into the cocoa farm and stole cocoa beans valued N60, 000, property of Rufai Elusanmi.
He added that the offence was contrary to Sections 82, 383 and punishable under Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. 11, Laws of Osun, 2003. (NAN)
EDA/YMU/GOK
Edited by Olagoke Olatoye