Traditional Ruler Sentenced To Jail For Fraud In Ondo

the ondo kingdom leader Justice of the Peace courtroom sitting at ore has sentenced a conventional ruler in the odigbo local government location of the nation, oba pius akinfesola adewola, to two years imprisonment.

the monarch become arraigned for 36 counts bordering on fraud, theft, unlawful conversion of the month-to-month salaries of his domestic workers and chiefs, fake announcement and impersonation.

in 2012, residents of the community in a peaceful protest banished him over an alleged misrule which they claimed introduced the network into disrepute.

in addition, the monarch turned into additionally accused of shortchanging traditional chiefs in the network by refusing to pay them their entitlement in full after he had accumulated identical from the local government.

the network also accused him of conducting a clash with his chiefs, in addition to an illegal conversion of the network assets for non-public use and writing of fictitious petitions against his topics.

shortly after his suspension through the ondo nation authorities from parading himself because the akamuja of igburowo land, he turned into arrested and detained with the aid of the police on the ondo nation police command in akure, the capital of ondo country, over the allegations.

he turned into in the end arraigned in court docket at the 36 counts.

turning in the judgement, the presiding magistrate, o.j adelegan, ruled the plaintiff had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the monarch dedicated the offences.

the court docket held that oba adewola ought to be jailed for two years or pay a nice of n500,000 on every of the costs.

Justice of the Peace o.j adelegan, said from the antecedents to this point garnered at the file, the convict appears to me, a conscienceless character, who has no iota of regret, indulging in such an opprobrious and despicable act.

but, on account that it is no gainsaying, that our law is no respecter of any personality, i strongly deprecate the ungainly and unbecoming acquisitive behavior of the convict, particularly, his fraudulent instinct to corruptly enrich himself on the expense of others.

though, i have listened attentively to the plea of alocutus by his counsel, but from the available record, i see him as a neophyte, i suggest a first offenders.

nonetheless, i’m strongly of the common-or-garden attitude, that if the convict isn’t as it should be sanctioned, the danger inherent therein, is that human beings of like minds, may also either brazenly be encouraged or endorsed to peer criminal activity, as a veritable approach of livelihood. to this quit the convict is hereby sentenced as follows.

on counts 10-21 of the price, which are on fraudulent conversion, the convict is hereby sentenced to two years imprisonment or to pay a first-class of 500,000.00 on each of the counts, he stated.

in reaction, recommend to the monarch, mr bode akinkoye, described the verdict as truthful with the option of pleasant granted by means of the court docket.

also, recommend to the ondo state authorities from the ministry of justice, mrs bola joel-ogundadegbe, counseled the court docket for its thoroughness within the judgement.