An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man, Kabiru Lawal, to three months imprisonment for stealing goats and ram.
Lawal, who lives in the Olomore neighborhood of Abeokuta, entered a guilty plea to the two counts of conversion and theft.
Lawal entered a guilty plea to the accusations brought against him, and the magistrate, Mrs. V.B. William, found him guilty.
William then gave him a sentence of three months for the first and second crimes, each of which had to be served concurrently.
She did, however, offer him the chance to return the goat and ram’s value to the complaint.
Lawal committed the offenses at No. 47, Kuforiji Olubi drive, Abeokuta, sometime in June 2023, according to the prosecutor, Inspector Lawrence Olu-Balogun, who earlier testified in court.
According to Olu-Balogun, the defendant gained eight goats and one ram through deception, totaling N300,000, which belonged to Mr. Ibrahim Akanbi of helping the complainant sell the goats and ram.
“The complainant gave the defendant eight goats and a ram to help him sell them, but the defendant sold all of them and converted the money to his personal use.
“After committing the crime, he ran out of Ogun state without remitting the money to the complainant, but was later caught,” he said.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Section 419(b) and 390(3) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006
