Court Arraigns 3 Teenagers Over Theft Of Household Items

Three students, identified as Kolawole Akinsoto aged 16, Ayolere Oluwole aged 16, and Abayomi Ogungbire aged 15 were on Friday docked in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly stealing beverages worth N520,000.

According to reports, the police charged the defendants, whose addresses were not given with felony, burglary, and theft, as the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the court that the defendants on November 15, 2022, around 6 am at Irepodun Street, Ayeka in the Okitipupa magisterial district, conspired to commit felony and theft.

Orogbemi stated that the defendants broke into a beverage shop belonging to Ms. Mercy Obolo and stole parks of bottled coke, cartoon detergents, tomato paste, and other beverages worth N520,000. Orogbemi added that the offense contravenes the provisions of sections 351, 516, and 390 (9), Criminal Code, Cap.37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge, while the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Chris Ojuola, blamed the parents of the defendants for failing to supply and provide for the needs of their wards.

He asked Durodola Akinsoto, 54, Prophetess Kemi Obolo, 35, businesswoman and Victoria Makinwa, 60, farmer to stand as sureties for the defendants.