A Magistrate’s Court in the Bolade area of Oshodi, Lagos, has sentenced eight men to six months’ imprisonment each after they pleaded guilty to charges bordering on phone snatching and related offences.
The convicts were arrested on Thursday during an early-morning raid by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps around the Mile 2 pedestrian bridge — a hotspot long associated with violent phone theft.
Those convicted include Anthony Osinachi, 21; Victor Onuoha, 45; Rowland Ede, 25; Daniel Chisom, 24; Emmanuel Chukwu, 35; Ogbonnaya Uchechi, 18; Godday Eke, 28; and Benjamin G., 30.
They were immediately arraigned before the Bolade Magistrate’s Court and, after admitting guilt, were handed six-month jail terms each.