One of the
traders in Gatankowa market, oke-odo, Lagos, Taofeeq Shobulo, is to serve six
months prison terms, for allegedly urinating in a pot of soup and provoking
breach of peace on the 17th of January.
The
38-year-old convict, who pleaded guilty to the charges, was sentenced on
Tuesday by an Ojokoro Senior
Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrates’ Court.
His
prosecutor, Lugard Ahonle told the court that “Shobulo had asked the food
vendor, Olayiwola Olayemisi, to sell food to him on credit which she refused
because, according to her, the accused was fond of eating without paying.
“The accused
later came back while the food vendor was not paying attention and urinated
into her pot of soup,’’ he said.
The
prosecutor noted that the offence contravened Sections 136 and 411 of the
Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State.
Presiding
over the case, the Magistrate K. O. Ogundare sentenced the trader to six moths
imprisonment saying “having found you Taofeeq Shobulo, guilty, you are hereby
sentenced to six-months imprisonment which will be served concurrently.”
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