Mother and daughter jailed for stealing ₦1m worth of ponmo, meat and stockfish

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo on Friday sentenced mother and daughter, Falilatu Amidu and Ayisatu Amidu to six months imprisonment each for stealing dry ponmo, stock fish and dried meat valued at N1 million.

The defendants, who reside at No 21 Ago-oko area in Abeokuta, Ogun, 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.

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Odumosun, however, sentenced both the mother and daughter to six months each imprisonment with an option of N5,000. She 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 sometimes in the month of August 2024 at Lafenwa market.

Fawunmi explained that Falitatu Amidu, conspired with her daughter, Ayisatu, to steal a big sack containing stock fish, dry ponmo and dry cow meat valued N1million, belonging to one Mrs Kafayat Alao.

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According to him, one of the defendants, Falilatu Amidu, used to help the complainant to carry a load from her store in Lafenwa, to where the complainant sells her items.

Fawunmi, further explained that Falilatu stole the goods and gave it to the daughter (Ayisatu) to sell them. He said Ayisatu received the stolen goods from her mother knowing that the good was stolen.

The prosecutor, however, noted that the offence committed contravened sections 516, 390(9) and 127 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.

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