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33-year-old man jailed for stealing cooking pots

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, has sentenced a 33-year-old man, Ige Bola, to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour for stealing cooking pots valued at N100,000.

The Chief Magistrate, Bankole Oluwasanmi, sentenced Bola following his guilty plea and facts of the case on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

Delivering judgement, Oluwasanmi found the 33-year-old man guilty and sentenced him to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour.

The prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court that the convict committed the offence at about 6:30 p.m. in Ilawe-Ekiti on July 31.

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Adejare said Bola stole three cooking pots valued at N100,000 belonging to one Adenike Temiyemi.

Adejare disclosed that the 33-year-old man stole the cooking pots in Ilawe-Ekiti and brought them to Ado-Ekiti, adding that the Agro marshal security officers apprehended him while he was compressing the cooking pots and later handed him over to the police.

He added that the convict confessed to the crime and the police recovered the cooking pots from him.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 302(1) (a) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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