A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Kazeem Salami, to one year imprisonment for stealing food items worth N1,000.

The man was sentenced to prison on Friday, June 21, 2024.

The Prosecutor, Inspector Lawrence Olu-Balogun, told the court that Salami committed the offence on March 5.

He said the offence was committed at about 3 a.m. at Duroja Street in Ake village via Laderin in Abeokuta.

The prosecutor stated that the convict was noticed by residents of the community loitering around the community, which caused some suspicion.

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Olu-Balogun disclosed that when Salami was accosted and interrogated by security officers in the community, he failed to give a satisfactory account of where he was going to in the community.

He said the convict could also not give an account of where he got the yam flour, palm oil, and other food items in his possession, all worth N,1000.

The prosecutor added that the offence contravened Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.

Salami had, at his arraignment, pleaded not guilty.

Magistrate V.B. Williams, therefore, declared that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, adding that the convict was guilty as charged.

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