An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Balogun Mujaid, to three years of imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an Itel A50 phone.
Chief Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon also ordered the Mujaid this Thursday to pay N130,000 as restitution to the primary complainant in the matter.
Mujaid was said to have been carrying out community service within the court premises when he stole the phone valued at N98,000.
Prosecutor in charge of the case, Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that “Mujaid, on October 15, 2024, at about 8:30 a.m. at the open court of the Chief Magistrate 6, Ado Ekiti, while serving community service, did steal the Itel A50 phone, property of one Mrs. Olusola Oluwatuyi.”
In another case, under Charge No: MAD/111c/25, the prosecutor stated, “The defendant stole one standing fan valued at N25,000 and a home theatre valued at N45,000, totalling N70,000, property of Falola Sunday, on January 24, 2025, at Oke-Ila, in Ado-Ekiti.”
Mujaid faced additional sentences in two other cases: three years of imprisonment with hard labour with an option of a N20,000 fine on Count 1 and three months of imprisonment with an option of a N10,000 fine on Count 2.
In the other matter, Mujaid, who pleaded guilty to all charges, received a further sentence of one year and three months of imprisonment without an option of fine on two other counts. Babalogbon said all terms will run at the same time.