A 20-year-old man, identified as Jelili Isiaka, has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle valued at N700,000. Isiaka was convicted and sentenced by an Ojo Magistrates Court in Lagos on Wednesday.
The convict was arraigned by the police before Magistrate L.K.J. Layeni on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and breach of peace. Isiaka, however, pleaded guilty to the charges.
Following the guilty plea by the defendant, the court found him guilty as charged. The court, therefore, sentenced him to six months imprisonment on each of the three counts.
The sentencing came after the review of the facts against the convict by the prosecutor, ASP Simon Uche.
According to Uche, the convict and one other still at large conspired and committed the offences on August 6 at Ajangbadi in Ojo.
Earlier, Uche informed the court that the convict stole a CT 110 Korean motorcycle valued at N700,000, belonging to one Chijioke Ezriem.
According to him, the convict brought out bundles of papers wrapped in a nylon bag, pretending it to be money. And used it to pay for the motorcycle.
The prosecutor also told the court that the convict bolted with the motorcycle but was eventually arrested by the police.
Uche noted that the offences contravened provisions of sections 168, 287, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
source: Daily Post
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