An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Mr Akeem Bakare to ten years imprisonment for burglary. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye who convicted Bakare on Thursday held that the prosecution has proved the case of burglary preferred against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecution told that court that the convict unlawfully broke into the house of one Mulikat Arogunmati. The offence was punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2012. He pleaded for the court to temper justice with mercy as the accused is a first offender.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 02, 2020 14:26 UTC