Ex-convict bags 2 years imprisonment over theft of amplifier, Church bell

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan on Friday sentenced an ex-convict, Kayode Sodik, 23, to a total of two years in prison over the theft of an amplifier, some cables, and a church bell.

Delivering judgement, the magistrate, Mrs. O.O. Latunji, said that the sentence is based on evidence tendered before her by the police, as well as his guilty plea.

Latunji added that she considered the fact that the convict did not waste the precious time and resources of the court before pleading guilty.

She, however, warned that the court would apply the full wrath of the law against Sodik if he went back into the crime after completing his jail term.

She added that “the convict is sentenced to one year of imprisonment or an option of N50,000 fine for count one and also sentenced to one year or an option

of N50,000 for count two.”

Earlier, the police prosecution, Insp. Oluseye Akinola, told the court that the convict was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on housebreaking and stealing.

Akinola added that Sodik committed the crime on Dec. 11 at the Adesola area-Orita Aperin, Ibadan, Oyo State.

He further stated that Sodik broke into the house of one Mayowa Olaide and stole an amplifier, some cables, and a church bell, all valued at N173,000 before

He was apprehended by neighbours, who handed him over to security personnel.

According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened sections 84 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Cap 38 vol. ii Laws of Oyo State 2000.

Supreme News reports that Kayode told the court upon interrogation that he had been previously sentenced to one month in prison for stealing an Itel phone.