50-year-old To Be Sentenced For Stealing N18,000 Phone

A 50-year-old man, Muritala Olaniyan,

is set to be sentenced for stealing a neighbour's phone valued at N18,000 while buying goods from his shop. 

Olaniyan, on Friday pleaded guilty to stealing the Samsung phone from Mr Godwin Enoch at 9a.m. on May 12 at Sari Iganmu, Lagos.

According to our source, the prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko, had told the court that the phone was valued at N18,000.

“The phone has been recovered from him,’’ Okoliko said.‎

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He noted that the offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Newsmen report that the law stipulates three years jail term for stealing.

It was gathered that the Chief Magistrate, Mr. A.A. Paul, will on May 22 review the facts of the case and sentence Olaniyan.

Paul ordered that the accused should be remanded in prison custody until then.