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Man Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Stealing Bread And Other Items In Osun

An Ore Magistrate Court has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Victor Samson to three years in prison for stealing bread and other items worth N679,000 in Osun State.

Man Jailed For Theft In Osun

The convict was sentenced over the weekend after he pleaded guilty to four count charges leveled against him by the police.

Police prosecutor, Inspector Martins Gbenga, told the court that the convict was not a first-time offender and that he broke into several shops at Major Sawmill Junction, Ondo Road, Ore.

Gbenga listed items stolen by Victor as packs of soft drinks, table water, a carton of wine, and 50 loaves of bread, among others.

Magistrate, O. A. Omofolarin, convicted Samson and sentenced him to three years imprisonment following his guilty plea to the four counts.

KanyiDaily had also reported how two men, Buhari Abubakar and Nasiru Abdullahi, were sentenced to prison in Adamawa for stealing a goat to roast because they were hungry.

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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