A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, has sentenced one Olasunkanmi Yekini to six years in prison for stealing ladies’ pants.
19-year old Yekini, also a son of a herbalist, was arraigned on two counts of stealing and breach of peace.
The convict had on January 28, 2019 entered the house of one Folashade Ganiyu at No. 12 Ibokun Road, Oja Oba, Osogbo, stealing three pants and one Tecno mobile phone.
During his trial, Yekini confessed to the court that one Islamic cleric living at the Kola Balogun area of Osogbo had promised to help him use the pants for money rituals.
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He explained that, after stealing the pants, he couldn’t locate the house address given by the cleric. He added that a man he met at the house detained him and alerted the police, who later came to arrest him.
In her ruling, Magistrate R. A. Olayemi, found Yekini guilty on the first count of illegal entrance and stealing.
The magistrate asked officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service, who brought Yekini to court, if he could continue with his secondary school education and learn a vocation while in prison, to which they responded in affirmation.
The officials said prisoners were allowed to further their education and learn different vocations if they so wished.
Olayemi subsequently sentenced Yekini to six years in jail, saying the convict would have completed his education and learn a vocation during the period.