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Fuel Souvenir: Court Slams A Sentence Of 27 months In Prison To Erelu Okin, For The Distribution Of Petrol As Sourvenir At Her Installation Party

Erelu Okin Is Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison For Gross Misconduct, over fuel souvenir.

Ms. Ogbulu Pearl, a Lagos socialite has been convicted for distributing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, as souvenir at a party. This conviction was authorized by a Lagos Special Offences Mobile Court sitting at Oshodi.

On March 14, 2022, the defendant was earlier arraigned before the court, for the offence of distributing PMS as souvenir during her installation party on March 5, 2022.

The offences violates section 251(1), 168 (1), 244 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 and Section 195 (2)(b) of the Environmental Management Protection Law of Lagos State 2017.

Delivering judgement in the matter after the defendant changed her plea from ‘not guilty ‘ to guilty, Chief Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare sentenced her to three months imprisonment or option of N15,000 fine on the first count of the charge.

The magistrate also ordered the defendant to pay N1 million fine on the second and third count of the charge or face two years imprisonment.

Magistrate Ogundare held that the prosecution has successfully proven the charge against the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt and thereby convicted and sentenced her accordingly.


"Wow! Talking About Good Intentions Gone Bad!"


Comments

  1. Put that same energy into our corrupt leaders too!!! Easy to fish her out and pass judgment. 😡😡

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  2. Whoever gave her this advice needs to partake in her sentence!!!! At least 60-40😂😂😂

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  3. She broke the record and was given the right reward called 27 months sentence 🥴🥴🥴

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