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Man, 31 Bags 45 Years For Stealing Gov. Aregbesola’s Phone
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Kelvin Ighodalo who stole Sony Ericsson mobile phone worth N50, 000 from the pocket of Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when he was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo were giving 45 years in prison.
According to punchng.com;Justice Oyejide Falola, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for the first three counts and five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion.
Falola, who ruled that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.
The jail term, which Falola pronounced will run concurrently, means that Ighodalo will spend the next 10 years behind bars.
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