Thursday, January 22, 2026 - Chief Magistrate Mrs. A. K. Araba of the Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Isabo, on Wednesday sentenced one Jimoh Elegbede to five years’ imprisonment for burglary and stealing household items worth N20 million.
Elegbede, aged 34, was convicted on a three-count charge of
conspiracy, burglary, and stealing.
Magistrate Mrs. Araba held that the prosecution proved its
case beyond reasonable doubt and found the defendant guilty as charged.
In her judgment, Araba sentenced the defendant to one year’s
imprisonment on count one, five years’ imprisonment on count two, and five
years’ imprisonment on count three, without the option of a fine.
She ordered that the sentences should run concurrently.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Lawrence Olu-Balogun, told
the court that the defendant committed the offences between September and
October 2025, at about 11:00 p.m., at No. 3, Toyin Agbemiga Crescent, Bode
Olude Area in Abeokuta.
Olu-Balogun said the defendant conspired with others, who
are now at large, to commit burglary and stealing.
He told the court that Jimoh unlawfully broke into the
dwelling house of Alhaja Mojisola Daramola while she was not at home, with
intent to commit a felony.
The prosecutor said the defendant stole several household
items, including a 42-inch smart television, refrigerator, generator, inverter
system, gas cylinders, solar table fan, cooking utensils, jewellery, native
attires, kitchenware, and other valuables.
According to him, the stolen items were valued at N20
million, and the defendant was arrested while trying to sell some of them.
The prosecutor noted that the offence committed contravened
Sections 516, 411, and 390 of the Criminal Code, Vol. I, Laws of Ogun 2006.
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