Man Jailed for 45years for Stealing Governors Phone

When I saw this report in The Punch I was left in shock.In shock not in pity for the man but for Sentence. its a case of different strokes for different folks.. for stealing a 50k Sony Ericsson phone belonging to a state governor ,a 31year old man, Mr. Kelvin Ighodalo was sentenced to 45year imprisonment .According to reports, he stole the phone in November 2010 from the pocket of the Governor when he was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo . the sentence was handed to the man by justice Oyejide Falola who found him guilty on Six counts which includes conspiracy, stealing and fraud. He was sentenced to 10 year imprisonment for the first three counts and Five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion.