Court sends 25-year-old man to prison for stealing N10,000 yam
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Friday remanded a 25-year-old man, Ayo Ajibade, at the Okitipupa Correctional Centre for allegedly stealing four tubers of yam valued at N10,000.
The Chief Magistrate, Mayowa Olanipekun, ordered Ajibade’s remand until January 29, 2026, after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of felony and stealing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that Ajibade and one other person still at large conspired to commit the offence at Kiribo in Igbekebo on October 25, 2025.
According to the prosecution, the defendant and his accomplice entered the farm of one Olorunjuwon Igbasan at about 5:00 a.m. and stole the tubers of yam.
Omoyeigha said the offence contravenes Sections 516 and 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006, and is punishable under the same law.
