Amidst hardship, Court sentences teenager for stealing foodstuffs,

 

A magistrates’ court in Abeokuta sentenced teenager Ayomide Oguntoyinbo to two weeks of community service on Friday for breaking into a house and stealing foodstuffs.

Magistrate O.O. Odumosu handed down the sentence after Oguntoyinbo pleaded guilty to charges of break-in and theft.

Ms. Odumosu ordered that the convict serve his sentence on the court premises daily from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Earlier, prosecution counsel ASP Olakunle Shonibare informed the court that Oguntoyinbo committed the offence on May 19 at 8:00 a.m. at No 1 Road F-2 Oorun village in Idi-Ori, Abeokuta.

Mr Shonibare said Mr Oguntoyinbo broke into Falicia Ajibade’s house and stole foodstuff and other valuables, all worth N300,000.

He said the teenager stole rice, beans, peak milk, palm oil, vegetable oil, spaghetti, baby clothes, a solar panel, and one Android phone.

Ms Shonibare said the security guards caught the teenager and handed him to the police.

He said the offence contravened sections 412 and 390 of the Criminal Law of Ogun, 2006.

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