Hope James
A man simply identified as Jimoh, have been sentenced to 21 years in prison, by Justice Olalekan Olatawura, of an Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti division, for breaking into a shop and carting away with food items worth N234,000.
According to the charges against him, Jimoh On May 11, 2020, broke into a building around Mobil petrol station, Waterworks, in the Ajilosun area of Ado Ekiti, entered into a shop belonging to one Oluwayemisi Adeleye, carting away goods and foodstuff worth over N234,000.
The complainant in her statement to the police said, “My shop was burgled twice, in May 2020 and June 2021, during which my foodstuff and soup ingredients, including rice, semovita, west and tomato paste, among others which I was selling, were stolen.”
A policeman, Sergeant Oladele Ayodeji, in his testimony before the court, made it known that the defendant was arrested on November 19, 2021.
“He confessed to having participated in criminal activities like kidnapping, burglary, and stealing, including breaking into the complainant’s shop, during interrogation.” He stated.
Delivering judgment, the presiding judge found him guilty and sentenced him to 21 years on two counts charges.