A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ekiti State, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, identified as Balogun Mujaid, to three years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an Itel A50 phone valued at N98,000 while serving community service within the court premises.
FCNN learnt that the Chief Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon further ordered that the convict to pay N130,000 as restitution to the primary complainant in the matter.
Mujaid faced additional sentences in two other cases: three years imprisonment with hard labour with an option of a N20,000 fine on Count 1 and three months imprisonment with an option of a N10,000 fine on Count 2.
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Mujaid, who pleaded guilty to all charges, leveled against him and he was a further sentence of one year and three months imprisonment without an option of fine on two other counts. Chief Magistrate Babalogbon ruled that “all terms are to run concurrently.”
While prosecuting the case, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi informed the court that “Mujaid, on October 15, 2024, at about 8:30 a.m. at the open court of the Chief Magistrate 6, Ado Ekiti, while serving community service, did steal the Itel A50 phone, property of one Mrs. Olusola Oluwatuyi.”
In another case, under Charge No: MAD/111c/25, the prosecutor stated, “The defendant stole one standing fan valued at N25,000 and a home theatre valued at N45,000, totalling N70,000, property of Falola Sunday, on January 24, 2025, at Oke-Ila, in Ado-Ekiti.”
Inspector Adeniji informed the court that “the offence committed is punishable under Section 302(1)(a)(b) and Section (4)(e), 181(1)(d) of the Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2021.”
