Unemployed man bags six months imprisonment

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An unemployed man, Temidayo Oduniyi, 26, on Wednesday bagged six months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N60, 000.

Oduniyi, of no fixed address, was sentenced by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos after pleading guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

The Magistrate, Mrs F. M. Dalley, sentenced Oduniyi without an option of fine and ordered that the sentence would take effect from the day of arraignment.

The convict had earlier been arraigned and the facts immediately reviewed by the prosecutor, Sgt. Cyriacus Osuji.

Osuji told the court that the facts of the case were as stated in the charge.

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He said that Oduniyi and others at large committed the offences on Oct. 22, at 2:35 am, at No. 1665, Oyin Jolayemi St., Victoria Island, Lagos.

The prosecutor said that the accused stole one Infinix 03 phone valued at N60, 000, property of one Sadiq Ojoye of Access Bank Plc.

“Oduniyi entered into the security post of Access Bank Plc., at Oyin Jolayemi Annex, Victoria Island, Lagos, and stole the said phone.

“The security men at the post pursued the accused and others; the accused was apprehended with the said phone while the other people ran away,’’ he said.

Osuji said that the offences contravened Sections 285 (7) and 409 of Criminal Law of Lagos, 2011.

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