Jobless man knows fate Wednesday

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has remanded an unemployed
man, Alex Godwin, to prison, pending his sentence for stealing a
car battery.

The Magistrate, Mrs. O.I. Raji, ordered Godwin, 26, be remanded
at Kirikiri Prisons, after he pleaded guilty to stealing.

Raji adjourned the case till Wednesday for facts and
sentencing.

Godwin lives at Power line in Alagbado, near Lagos.

The prosecutor, Yomi Egunjobi, told the court that the accused
committed the offence on August 28 at Jungle bus stop, Iju-Ishaga,
Lagos.

He said the accused was caught with the battery by a security
guard at midnight.

“When he was asked where he got the battery from, he said he
removed it from a parked vehicle in Agege. But he refused to take
the guard there.”

Egunjobi said the offence contravened Section 287 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The accused asked the court to grant him mercy, saying: “It was
the handiwork of the devil.’’

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has remanded an unemployed
man, Alex Godwin, to prison, pending his sentence for stealing a
car battery.

The Magistrate, Mrs. O.I. Raji, ordered Godwin, 26, be remanded
at Kirikiri Prisons, after he pleaded guilty to stealing.

Raji adjourned the case till Wednesday for facts and
sentencing.

Godwin lives at Power line in Alagbado, near Lagos.

The prosecutor, Yomi Egunjobi, told the court that the accused
committed the offence on August 28 at Jungle bus stop, Iju-Ishaga,
Lagos.

He said the accused was caught with the battery by a security
guard at midnight.

“When he was asked where he got the battery from, he said he
removed it from a parked vehicle in Agege. But he refused to take
the guard there.”

Egunjobi said the offence contravened Section 287 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The accused asked the court to grant him mercy, saying: “It was
the handiwork of the devil.’’