Posted on Mar 09, 2020
An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Femi Romiluyi, to eight years imprisonment for burglary and stealing.
Romiluyi was tried for stealing an iPad, recharge cards valued at N30,000, laptops and a sum of N20,000.
The judge, Justice Bamidele Omotosho, however, did not find him guilty of the offence of armed robbery which he was also charged with.
Justice Omotosho after listening to both prosecution and defence counsels, said, “The prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and established the case of burglary.”
Omotosho told Romiluyi, “The Court found you guilty as charged on count three and four for the offence of burglary and stealing, but based on the plea of the defence counsel, describing you as a first offender, you are hereby sentenced to eight years in jail.”