Farmer jailed for stealing chicken, eggs
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for stealing chickens and eggs from his neighbors poultry a 31-year-old farmer samuel asam is to spend the next two months in prison1 an epe magistrates court in lagos state handed down the sentence to asam on thursday1 the magistrate mrs o.a. fowowe-erusiafe however gave the convict an option to do 40 hours of community service1 asam a resident of igbojia village in ibeju-lekki near lagos was convicted on a two-count charge bordering on breaking and entering and theft1 he was accused of stealing chickens and eggs worth n527 600 from his neighbors poultry1 the convict had admitted committing the offences and begged the court to tamper justice with mercy saying that he did not know what came over him1 police prosecutor sgt. moses oyekanmi had earlier told the court that one tosin fadayemi of igbojia village had on june 2 reported incident of theft at his poultry1 oyekanmi said that asam had stolen 120 broilers valued at n420 000 17 cockerels valued at n51 000 five red cocks valued at n17 500 and 46 crates of eggs valued at n39 1001 he said that during police investigation asam had confessed to the crime but that the police was however unable to recover all the stolen items from the convict1 the prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 287 and 308 2 of the criminal laws of lagos state 20151