- An Osogbo magistrate court sentenced five people, including three nursing mothers to six months in prison
- The five convicts reportedly stole 1,600 fowls worth N3.2 million
- The presiding judge, however, gave the convicts an option of fine of N10,000 each
An Osogbo magistrate court, on Tuesday, June 19, sentenced three nursing mothers, namely Regina Phillip (40), Cecilia Ochili (25), Elizabeth Ankara and two men identified as Odebiyi Yinka (20) and Ayoola Samson to six months imprisonment for stealing fowls worth N3.2 million.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Adegoke Taiwo, informed the court that the five convicts conspired among themselves to commit a felony to wit stealing on July 5, 2016, at Erin Osun, in Osogbo, Osun state, Nigerian Tribune reports.
He explained that Odebiyi Yinka and Ayoola Samson stole 1,600 fowls valued at N3.2 million, belonging to Aluko Titilayo Farms in Erin Osun.
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Taiwo added that the three nursing mothers received the fowls from the duo, knowing fully that they were stolen fowls.
According to the police prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 516 and Section 383, punishable under Section 390 (9) and Section 427 of the Criminal Code Cap 34, Volume 11, Laws of Osun state of Nigeria, 2003.
However, the defence counsel, Barrister B.Y. A Dada pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, pointing out that the convicts have been able to pay N200,000 to the complainant, just as she begged that the nursing mothers should be considered due to their present status.
Delivering her judgment, presiding Magistrate Awodele Modupe Adedoyin sentenced the convicts to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of N10,000 each.
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NAIJ.com previously reported that the Nigeria Police Force paraded Paul Chukwujekwu Ezengo and Emmanuel Adogah for allegedly killing one Charity Chidebere Aiyedogbon, popularly known as Chacha, who mysteriously disappeared in Abuja in 2016.
One of the suspects, Ezengo, claimed that although Aiyedogbon was married when they met, she was his lover and he killed her to steal her Acura Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).
Aiyedogbon, who was 44-year-old in 2016 when she went missing, was eventually found in parts by the police but the mystery behind her death remained unknown until the two were arrested two years after her death.
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Source: Naija.ng
