Court Sentences 23-Year-Old Man To Jail For Stealing Vehicle Spare Parts From Police

A 23-year-old driver, Lukman Babalola, has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Yaba Chief magistrate court in Lagos, today, for stealing vehicle spare parts valued at N135,000 from the police accidental vehicle garage.
Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere, sentenced Babalola after he pleaded guilty to stealing and begged the court for leniency.

Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere, who gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N100,000, said that the sentence would serve as a lesson for all those intending to do so, while noting that cases of theft were on the increase.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, had told the court that the convict on Oct. 14, at about 4 a.m. broke into the police accidental vehicle garage on Herbert Macaulay Way in Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos.
Olaluwoye said that Babalola had confessed to have stolen a Faragon Volkswagen engine valued at N120,000 and a tyre worth N15,000

The offence contravened the provisions of Sections 280 (1) and 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

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