By Deborah Nnamdi
An Ota Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ogun State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Shibu Abdullahi, 21, and Yakubu Usman, 25, to one month imprisonment each for stealing two chickens valued at N70,000.
Insp. E. O. Adaraloye, the prosecutor, told the court that the convicts and others still at large committed the offenses on March 30, about 2.00 a.m., at No.7 Ibukun Oluwa Street, Itele, Ota.
Adaraloye said that the convicts and their accomplices stole two chickens, valued at N70,000, belonging to one Bello Kolawole.
He said that the offenses contravened Sections 390(9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
The Magistrate, Mrs. O.O. Fadairo, sentenced each of the convicts to one-month imprisonment, without an option of fine, after they pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
