Magistrate M. O. Ope-Agbe of the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, has sentenced one Tunde Ebikeme, a make-up artiste, to neighborhood service for stealing magnificence merchandise.
The merchandise, which he stole from a grocery store, have been stated to be valued at N15,000.
The Justice of the Peace ordered Ebikeme to comb the court docket’s premises from the fourth ground to the bottom ground.
The Justice of the Peace stated the convict received solely neighborhood service as punishment as a result of he had a good talent which he wanted to sharpen.
But she warned Ebikeme towards committing a crime as a result of he might be despatched to jail the following time.
“Prison will not be better for you. I want you to get better with your make-up job. But if you go back to crime, you will be sent to prison,” she stated.
The Justice of the Peace delivered judgment after prosecuting Sergeant Cyriacus Osuji acknowledged the details of the matter.
Osuji stated Ebikeme dedicated the offence on 26 June at Prince Ebeano Supermarket, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, Lagos.
He was stated to have entered the grocery store, purchased and paid for some objects, however hid different objects in his pockets.