Ile Ife Magistrate Court Remands 27 Year Old Man For Stealing N1 million Worth Of Catfish

An Ile-Ife Magistrates Court on Tuesday remanded a 27 year old man Seun Fisayo for allegedly stealing catfish said to be worth N1 million.

Fisayo committed the offense on 9 December 2021 at Number 9, Irepodun Mokuro Line 3 in Ile-Ife.

The prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi, prayed the court to prosecute the accused who stole 350 catfishes, worth N1 million, belonging to one Mr Feyemi Nicholas.

The offence committed contravened the provisions of Sections 383 and 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.

The accused person, Fisayo pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against him.

The defense counsel, M.A Adeyemi prayed the court to grant his client bail in the most liberal terms, promising not to jump bail if granted.

In his ruling, Magistrate Olusola Aluko denied the bail application and remanded the accused person at the Ile-Ife Correctional centre.

The magistrate directed the defense counsel to file a written bail application for consideration.

The case was adjourned till 27 January 2022 pending bail application

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.