A 35-year-old man, Maruf Ojo, has been remanded for stealing plantain worth N55,000.
The accused was sent to one-month imprisonment by an Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Monday.
Maruf was arraigned on a one-count of stealing before A. A. Adebayo.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 17, around 12p.m. at Oke-Ora Village via Ile-Ife.
He further disclosed that the stolen bunches of plantain, valued N55,000, belonged to one Oladipupo Sunday.
Inspector Sunday said the act is contrary to Sections 383 and 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge against him.
His defence counsel, Mrs Omoyeni Tosin, urged the magistrate to temper justice with mercy, saying the convict was a first-time offender.
In his judgement, Magistrate A. A. Adebayo held that the court had taken into account the fact that the convict was a first offender.
He, however, said a sinner must not go unpunished, adding that the punishment would serve as a deterrent to other offenders and the convict as well.
Adebayo sentenced the convict to one-month imprisonment for theft with an option of N1,000 fine.
