COURT JAILS MOTHER, DAUGHTER FOR STEALING PONMO
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COURT JAILS MOTHER, DAUGHTER FOR STEALING PONMO
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo on Friday told a middle-aged woman, Falilatu Amidu and her daughter, Ayisatu Amidu, to go spend six months behind bars for stealing dry ponmo (cow skin), stock fish and dried meat valued at N1million.
The court, however, gave an option of N5,000 fine with a condition that Falilatu and her daughter must make a refund of N100,000 each to the complainant as restitution before accessing the N5,000 fine.
The convicts, who are residents of the Ago-Oko area in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, were convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.O Odumosu, held that all evidence presented by the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that the convicts were guilty of the offence as charged.
Odumosu sentenced both the mother and daughter to six months imprisonment each with an option of N5,000.
She equally ordered that the convicts should refund N100,000 each to the complainant as restitution before accessing the N5,000 fine given.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Kehinde Fawunmi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence sometime in August 2024 at Lafenwa market.
Fawunmi explained that Falitatu conspired with her daughter, Ayisatu, to steal a big sack containing stock fish, dry ponmo and dry cow meat valued at N1 million, belonging to one Mrs Kafayat Alao.
He disclosed that Falilatu used to help the complainant carry a load from her store in Lafenwa to where the latter sells her items.
“The complainant asked her to help her pick goods from the store, she waited for over an hour and she did not see the defendant, which made her go to the store to check on her.
“On getting to the store, she did not find Falilatu, and she noticed a big bag containing dried meat, ponmo, and stock fish was missing, and the defendant was nowhere to be found,” he said.
Fawunmi explained that Falilatu stole the goods and gave them to the daughter (Ayisatu) to sell.
He said Ayisatu received the goods from her mother knowing that they were stolen.
The prosecutor noted that the offence committed contravened sections 516, 390(9) and 127 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.
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