A Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ede, Osun State, has passed a three-year jail sentence on 18-year-old boy, Abiodun Adewuyi, for stealing water taps.
Adewuyi was arraigned on Monday, April 22, before the court presided by Chief Magistrate V.A. Adedokun.
Spokesman for the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Kehinde Adeleke, said in a statement that Adewuyi was charged to court after he was apprehended on April 16 for removing the items form a building in Durodola community in Owode-Ede town.
“The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Osun State Command has arraigned one Adewuyi Jamiu Abiodun (m) 18 years for stealing seven brass water taps.
“The suspect was arrested on April 16 at Durodola community, Owode Ede, Osun State at about 1740hrs where he was caught removing two brass water taps.
“At the point of arrest, he had a total number of seven water taps in his possession and discreet investigation further revealed that whenever he stole water taps, he sold the stolen items to buyers of scrap metals.”
“The command noted that the offence committed was contrary to Section 390 of the Criminal Code Law of Osun State.
“The suspect was arraigned on Monday, April 22, at the Magistrate Court in Ede, Osun State, before Chief Magistrate V.A. Adedokun, where he was sentenced to three years imprisonment,” Adeleke said.
