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       Ekiti man jailed seven years for N64,000 phone theft
       By: Dmill Date: January 8, 2025, 7:40 pm
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       An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced
       26-year-old Omodara Dada to seven years imprisonment for
       burglary.
       Dada was charged in court for robbing the owner of a N64,000
       phone and N8,000 cash while armed with a knife in 2022.
       He was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on July 19, 2022,
       on a count charge of armed robbery contrary to Section 312 (2)
       of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2011.
       According to the charge, “The convict on February 13, 2022, at
       Ado Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did
       rob one Fakiyesi Tope of his black Infinix Hot 8 phone valued at
       N64,000 and cash sum of N8,000.
       At the time of the robbery, he was armed with a knife.”
       The victim had in his statement to the police, stated, “I am a
       hotel manager. On the fateful day, I was sleeping in my hotel
       room, I woke up suddenly when I heard a sound. I saw the
       defendant trying to remove my Plasma television, I attempted to
       shout, but he brought out a knife. He threatened to stab me if I
       shouted.
       “I later discovered that he had packed my phone and a cash sum
       of N8,000 that I placed on the table. I held him from behind
       when he wanted to escape, and I called for help. He was
       overpowered with the assistance of others, apprehended and
       handed over to the police,” he stated.
       To prove his case, the prosecutor, Albert Adeyemi, called three
       witnesses and tendered statements of the victim and defendant, a
       knife and a cash sum of N8,000 among others as exhibits.
       The defendant, who did not call any witness and spoke in his
       defence through his counsel, pleaded with the court to temper
       justice with mercy.
       In his judgement, Justice Ogunmoye said, “The evidence produced
       at the hearing in support of the greater offence is short of
       sustaining the charge of armed robbery, but established beyond
       reasonable doubt, the lesser offence.
       “The defendant is convicted for the offence of burglary under
       Section 323 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State.
       “He is sentenced to seven years imprisonment to start running
       from the date of his detention at Federal Correctional Facility,
       Ado-Ekiti,” the judge pronounced.
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