Man, 27, bags 10yrs jail term for stealing foodstuffs in Ogun

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year -old man, Ayinde Semiu, to 10 years imprisonment for breaking into two shops and stealing foodstuff worth N77,850.

It was reported that the Magistrate, Mrs I.O Abudu, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to a six- count charge of burglary and stealing.

The Prosecutor, Insp Abolade Bukola, had earlier told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Monday at about 2.30am at Elega area of Abeokuta.

Bukola said Semiu burgled two shops and stole food stuff and cash which were the property of Mrs Koleosho Mariam and Mrs Aremu Omolara.