24-year-old jailed in Ibadan for stealing pot, firewood
The Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, sentenced 24-year-old Olamide Mudasiru to two weeks imprisonment for stealing a pot and a firewood stand worth N35,000.
Mr Mudasiru was charged with stealing, to which he pleaded guilty.
The court president, Mrs Mojisola Aworemi, sentenced Mr Mudasiru to two weeks’ imprisonment at the Agodi Correctional Centre, Ibadan, with a one-week community service as an option.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Philip Amusan, told the court that the convict committed the offence on Sunday, at about 11:00 p.m., at Sango, Ibadan.
Mr Amusan said the convict stole a pot and firewood stand belonging to a woman, Aderinkola Oladunmomi.
He said the offence contravened Section 390(9) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
(NAN)
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