A man has given many people cause to laugh out loud after he was sentenced to prison for breaking into a woman's apartment and stealing peppersoup and palm wine.
A man has been handed 18 months jail term by an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The 31-year-old man, Ayodele Joseph, was handed the sentence after he was dragged to court for breaking into a house and stealing pepper soup meat and palm wine worth N2,600.
According to the Prosecutor, Cpl. Adebiyi Abiodun, he told the court that the convict broke into the house of Kemisola Ibitoye and stole pepper soup meat valued at N1,900. He also stole N700 palm wine and some black wood hot drink and Regal gin valued at N2,000.
He revealed that the convict committed the offence on Feb. 21,2016 at about 2 a.m. at Eru Oba Street, Akure metropolis
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 413(1)and 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria,2006.
Joseph pleaded guilty and begged for mercy, saying, “I do not have parents, I will not indulge in such act again’’.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olayinka Omole, gave the convict and option to pay a fine of N15,000 for on the two count charges.
Omole sentenced the convict to six months imprisonment or N5,000 fine for stealing and one-year imprisonment or option of N10,000 fine for housebreaking.
“Having admitted and found guilty of two offences, the accused is hereby sentenced to one-year imprisonment with an option of N10,000 fine for the charged of house breaking.
“And six months imprisonment for stealing with an option of N5,000 fine,’’ she held.
She added that the term of imprisonment would run concurrently.