A Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday has sentenced Seun Sowemimo, 33years, to 12 months imprisonment without the option of a fine, for attempting to steal from Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president of Nigeria.
Prosecuting counsel ASP Olakunle Shonibare had earlier told the court that Sowemimo scaled the fence into Obasanjo’s compound in Abeokuta on April 1 with the intent to steal. He said that the offence contravened the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006. ASP went on to relay the event before the magistrate that, immediately he jumped in, he was caught by one of the security guards on duty.
Seun when asked pleaded guilty to the two charge count levelled against him. The Magistrate, Mrs. Olajumoke Somefun, said while giving her verdict that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty as charged.
