Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Stealing Peppersoup And Palm Wine

An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday
sentenced a 31-year-old man, Ayodele Joseph, to 18
months imprisonment for house breaking and stealing
pepper soup meat and palm wine worth N2,600.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olayinka Omole, however
gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N15,000 on
the two count charges.
Omole sentenced the convict to six months
imprisonment or N5,000 fine for stealing and one year
imprisonment or option of N10,000 for housebreaking.
The Prosecutor, Corporal Adebiyi Abiodun, had told the
court that the convict broke into the house of Kemisola
Ibitoye and stole pepper soup meat valued at N1,900.
Abiodun said other items stolen by the convict were
palm wine valued at N700 and some black wood hot
drink and Regal gin valued at N2,000.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections
413(1) and 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1
Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
Joseph pleaded guilty and begged for mercy, saying, “I
do not have parents, I will not indulge in such act
again”.
But being an orphan is not an excuse for theft, is it?