21-year-old sentenced to prison for stealing fowl in Ogun | READ DETAILS
21-year-old Adebanjo Segun, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for stealing a fowl in Ogun state.
According to a press release by the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ogbonnaya Dyke, on Wednesday, the convict was sentenced by a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ago-Iwoye.
Segun was arrested on February 19, 2025, for stealing a hen.
Ogbonnaya noted that investigations revealed the convict had committed a similar offence in December 2024, but was pardoned as a supposed first-time offender.
The statement added:
“Following the discovery of his previous offence, he was arraigned before the Ago-Iwoye Magistrate’s Court on February 20, 2025, on a lone charge under Section 430 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2006.
“After pleading guilty before His Worship O.F. Adeduntan (Mrs.), he was convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.”
