Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Seun Ogunmodede, 37, to 12 months imprisonment for housebreaking and theft of an international passport.
Magistrate Adedotun Ayeni sentenced Ogunmodede after he had pleaded guilty to the charges of housebreaking and theft.
The magistrate sentenced the convict without an option of fine.
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi, had told the court that the convict committed the offences on July 5, around 2:13 pm. at House 72, Eleran Arojo layout in Ile-Ife.
Osanyintuyi said that the convict and others still at large, conspired with intent to commit felony to wit: breaking and stealing.
He added that the convict broke into the house of one Akinpelu Oluwaseun and stole his international passport, one DVD player and a traveling bag, all valued at N28,000.
The offences contravened Sections 383, 390(9), 411, 412 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.