Two men identified as Shibu Abdullahi, 21, and Yakubu Usman, 25, has been sentenced to one month imprisonment each for stealing two chickens valued N70,000 in Ota area of Ogun State.

They were arraigned before Ota Magistrates Court on Monday.

According to the police prosecutor, Insp. E. O. Adaraloye, Abdullahi, Usman and others still at large, committed the offences on March 30, at about 2.00 a.m. at No.7 Ibukun Oluwa Street, Itele, Ota.

Adaraloye said that the convicts and their accomplices stole two chickens, valued at N70,000, belonging to one Bello Kolawole.

He said that the offences contravened Sections 390(9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006

The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fadairo, sentenced each of the convicts to one month imprisonment, without an option of fine, after they pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

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