This Man Was Jailed 10 Years For Stealing Gov Aregbesola's Phone


For stealing a N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone belonging to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, a 31-year-old Kelvin Ighodalo has been sentenced to 45-year imprisonment by an Osogbo High Court.
Ighodalo stole the phone from the pocket of Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.
Justice Oyejide Falola, who heard the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for the first three counts and five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion.
Falola, who ruled that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.
The jail term, which Falola pronounced will run concurrently, means that Ighodalo will spend the next 10 years behind bars.
Assistant principal state counsel, Mr Biodun Badiora, told the court that the convict had served six-year imprisonment in Ikoyi prison custody in connection with a murder case in 2005.
Counsel to Ighodalo, Mr. Ameachi Ngwu, prayed the court to commit him to community service, stressing that the convict should not be incarcerated but rather be placed where people could see him as a convict.

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9 Comments

  1. Wh̶̲̥̅̊y̶̲̥̅̊ can't judicial pronouncment be even in nigeria, see as dem run judge d guy. If its one of doz thieves in govt,10yrs frm nw we'll stil remain on trial_____ nonsense

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  2. Release this boy before i rain courses on that useless judge. If Government official , U will continue posponing until we hear nothing again. Where were the security officials before the phone was stolen. I know the phone fell from his pocket and you are Idiots calling him thief when you are robers.

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  3. Police Pension fruad case, stil in court, other pension fruad pending, oceanic md freed just bloody 50k phone a judge is sending a young to 10yrs if u add dat to his age wat can he do again wen released

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  4. Bcos him no b govt offical..all d money dat idiot gov. Don collect,hw many dem don jail am...small boy wey dey find him belly nai dem wan kill....witch dem...una father dere...na God go judge una

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  5. Dis is nt fair u pple (govt) shuld free dat guy!

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  6. Na woa bcos of a mere fone evn persn wey kil persn sef so poor man no gt say 4 diz country diz judge na mess una beta releas dah man ooh b4 thunda go blast una finish

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  7. What is the difference between a man who stole from Governor's pocket and a Governor who steal from public pocket? Who is the worst thief? But will Nigerian Judges see it dat way? That is a challenge for the Judiciary. The man deserve his punishment but let all criminals be treated fairly

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    1. D Nigerian Justice System. My Gudness! Wot a system!

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    2. thank u for dat point

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