Osun: Ex-convict jailed three years for stealing yams

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A 28-year old auto mechanic, Akeem Jimoh, has bagged a three-year jail term for stealing some tubers of yams worth N35,000, PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday.

The defendant had admitted committing the crime when he appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrate’s Court earlier in the day.

In the charge sheet containing details of the offence committed by the defendant, Jimoh was accused of stealing 17 tubers of yams behind Africa Primary School, Ataoja Area in Osogbo, around 10pm on Friday, July 25, 2025.

After listening to his charge, the defendant, who had no legal representation, pleaded guilty to the one count charge bordering on theft, pressed against him by the police. Punch