Man bags 6 days of community service for stealing a big pot of soup

A Somolu Magistrates’Court  on Monday sentenced a 28- year-old man, Abiodun Ojedokun,  to six days of community service for stealing a big pot of soup.  The Magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi, sentenced the convict to 48 hours of community service  for all the three-count charge, after he’d pleaded guilty to them.

“Based on the facts of this case before this court, the confirmed report and your plea of leniency, I hereby sentence you to 48 hours community service on each of the counts of the charge,” Osunsanmi said.

The convict, arraigned on a 3-count charge of conspiracy, burglary and stealing, pleaded guilty to all or any the charges preferred against him.
The prosecutor, Akinlabi Adegoke, revealed to the court that the convict, who had been an everyday worker and whose address was unknown, committed the offence on September 20th at 2 a.m. at the Onipanu Model Market in Somolu, Lagos State.

“The accused connived with some others, now at large, to break into one Gbadamosi Sanni’s shop at 2 a.m.
“They broke the locks and stole her large pot of soup, valued at N8,000,” Adegoke said.

The prosecutor told the court that the offenses contravened Sections 285, 308 & 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Ojedokun pleaded guilty to the charges and called for leniency, saying he committed the offense while he was very hungry .