May 1, 2013

#StrongTin: Man jailed 45 years for stealing Governor’s phone

Kelvin Ighodalo being escorted by a cop.
A 31-year-old man, Kelvin Ighodalo, has been sentenced to 45-year imprisonment by an Osogbo High Court for stealing a N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone belonging to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State.
It was alleged that the accused Ighodalo, stole the phone from the Governor's pocket on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.
He was also accused of using the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.
Justice Oyejide Falola, who presided over the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included Conspiracy, Stealing, Fraud, Impersonation, Obtaining property by falsehood and Collusion.
The accused was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for each of the first three counts and five years for each of the last three, respectively.
Mr Biodun Badiora, the assistant principal state counsel told the court that the convict had served six-year imprisonment in Ikoyi prison custody in connection with a murder case in 2005.

HBC: I dey pity the guy before until I reach the end of the story! The guy is already used to prison sef...May God help us.
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