Two Lagosians convicted for stealing bananas

By Fatai Kasali

Two men, Sunday Adebayo, 31, and Kopo Sogbo, 41, have been ordered to be remanded by the Badagry chief magistrate court for pleading guilty to stealing bunches of plantain and banana valued at N10,000.

The men were remanded by Chief Magistrate N. A. Layeni at Awhajigoh Prison custody, Badagry.

The chief magistrate adjourned the case until January 24 for facts and sentencing.

The prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court earlier that the defendants committed the offence on January 6 at about 8.00 a.m. at Train Estate, Ilogbo Eremi area of Lagos.

He said that the offence of the defendants was a conspiracy to commit a felony to wit stealing.

The prosecutor said the defendant stole bunches of plantain and banana worth N10,000 which belong to one Alhaja Bilikisu who was the complainant,

The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravened sections 411 and 287, the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.