A Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced 18-year-old Zainab Adebayo to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing N800,000 from her neighbour’s bedroom.
Delivering the judgement, the court’s president, O.E. Owoseni, held that Ms Adebayo was convicted and sentenced based on her guilty plea and the evidence presented by the police prosecution.
Ms Owoseni held that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others with similar criminal tendencies.
She sentenced Ms Adebayo to six months’ imprisonment or six months of community service.
She was also given the option to pay a fine of N200,000.
Upon her arraignment on Friday, the convict confessed to the two-count charge of entering and stealing.
The prosecution, Ayodele Ayeni, had informed the court that the crime was committed on March 28 in the Ologuneru area in Ibadan.
Mr Ayeni explained that Ms Adebayo entered the bedroom of Temitope Musbau, the complainant, a businesswoman, and stole her piggy bank, popularly known as ‘kolo’, which contained N500,000 in cash.
The prosecutor further stated that Ms Adebayo stole an additional N150,000 in cash from the same room, which was kept outside a safe, along with various perfume bottles totalling N150,000.
