OSUN MAGISTRATE COURT SENTENCES MAN TO PRISON FOR THEFT, THREATENING TO KILL VICTIM

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An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun State has sentenced a man, Saheed Babatunde, to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of theft and making threats to life.

Babatunde was arrested by operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps in connection with multiple criminal offenses, including stealing and issuing life-threatening threats.

Prosecuting counsel Oyedele Akintayo, representing the Osun State Attorney General, brought two charges against Babatunde: theft and a threat to kill.

The charge sheet stated that the offenses violated Section 390(9) and Section 86 of the Osun State Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume II, Laws of 2002.

In delivering the judgment, Magistrate Olatunji M.A. outlined the specific charges and confirmed the eight-year custodial sentence.

“Count One: That you, Saheed Babatunde ‘M’ and others now at large, on or about the 16th day of April, 2025, at Isale Osun, Osogbo in the Osogbo Magisterial District, did steal iron sheets, cooking pots, and other household items valued at a total of ₦500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira), the property of one Ogundapo Azeez, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.

“Count Two: That you, Saheed Babatunde ‘M’ and others now at large, on or about the same date and location, did unlawfully threaten to kill one Ogundapo Azeez, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 86 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.”

The court, after reviewing the facts of the case and the evidence presented, found the defendant guilty on both counts.

He was consequently sentenced to serve a total of eight years in prison.