An ex-convict, Ismaila Sikirullahi, has been ordered to serve a one-year jail term for stealing.

The convict was said to have stolen an Itel mobile phone and N8,360 belonging to a shop owner, Anifat Azeez.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Kayode Adeoye, who told the court that Sikirullahi had just completed a jail term for a similar offense gave details of the incidents thus:

“Sikirullahi, had on August 17, 2020, around 3 pm on Bası Bankole Street, Oke-Oniti area, Osogbo, did break into the shop of one Anifat Azeez and stole a purse containing one Itel mobile phone and the sum of N8,360, property of Anifat Azeez.”

The two counts of burglary and stealing were said to be contrary to and punishable under sections 412, 383 and 390(9) of Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.

However, the defendant, Sikirullahi had no legal representation but pleaded guilty to the charges as the presiding magistrate, Adebayo Ajala, found Sikirullahi guilty of the offenses and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment without an option of fine.