Drama as Nigerian man imprisoned for stealing 17 tubers of yams in PDP-controlled state
- A mechanic in Osun insist, who reportedly stole tubers of yams due to starvation, would speak three years in penal advanced
- The 28-yr-old trend reportedly stole tubers of yams worth N35,000, pleaded guilty to the one-depend mark bothering on theft, when he became arraigned by the police sooner than the Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court
- Interestingly, the presiding Justice of the Peace, Muibah Olatunji, sentenced the ex-convict to three years penal advanced term with exhausting labour and with out the likelihood of a comely
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A 28-yr-old trend auto mechanic, Akeem Jimoh, has bagged a three-yr penal advanced term for stealing some 17 tubers of yams worth N35,000 in Osun insist.
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Jimoh pleaded guilty to theft
Jimoh admitted to committing the crime when he seemed sooner than an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, the Osun insist capital, on Wednesday, September 3.
As reported by The Punch, Jimoh stole 17 tubers of yams gradual Africa Predominant College, Ataoja Apartment in Osogbo, on July 25, 2025.
After taking price of his mark, the defendant, Jimoh, who had no apt representation, pleaded guilty to the one-depend mark bothering on theft, slammed in opposition to him by the police, The Punch reported.
The worth read:
“That you just, Jimoh Akeem ‘M’, on the twenty seventh July, 2025, at about 10:00pm gradual Africa Predominant College, Ataoja Apartment, Osogbo, in the Osogbo Magisterial District, did steal 17 tubers of yam valued the sum of #35,000.00 (Thirty-Five Thousand Naira totally), property of one Tiamiyu Abegunde ‘M’, and thereby committed an offence opposite to and punishable under Part 390 (9) of Prison Code Cap 34 Vol. 11 Law of Osun Dispute of Nigeria 2003.”
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Why I committed the act – Jimoh, an ex-convict speaks
Why asked why he committed the act, Jimoh instructed the court docket that he stole the objects due to starvation, and pleaded for leniency.
Addressing the court docket, the police prosecutor, Babatunde Olukokun, stated in the confessional observation that Jimoh wrote after his arrest, he stated he had previously served a three-yr penal advanced term, after the person he stood surety for jumped bail.
Jimoh to aid 3 years penal advanced term with out comely
Delivering her ruling, the presiding Justice of the Peace, Muibah Olatunji, sentenced Jimoh to a 3-yr penal advanced term with exhausting labour and with out the likelihood of a comely.
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Man sentenced to loss of life for stealing fowl speaks
Within the same trend, Legit.ng reported that Segun Olowookere, the 31-yr-old trend reportedly sentenced to loss of life by striking in Osun insist for stealing fowls, stated he surrendered himself to the police once they came searching to web him in April 2010.
Legit.ng remembers that Olowookere and his accomplice, Morakinyo Sunday, were accused of breaking into homes and stealing fowls, eggs, and valuables.
In a original interview, the embattled youth stated the Nigerian police would gain released him had his folk raised the N30,000 demanded for his bail on time.
Source: Legit.ng
