Governor Kayode Fayemi of EkitiState yesterday condemned the 45-year jail term handed down by an Oshogbo High Court to 31-year-old Kelvin Igha Ighodalofor stealing a phone.
Fayemi wondered why a phone thief could be jailed 45 years where as culprits in N12 billion pension fund scam were freed.

This, he said, showed the kind of justice system in the country. The governor, who said “offences must have commensurate punishment,” demanded that “those who steal the nation’s resources should be made to facethe full wrath of the law”. Speaking during the 2013 May Day celebration in Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi said although he did not want his phone stolen, there was no way a phone thief could be sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment in a country where plea-bargaining was in existence to bail out the affluent ones.

The governor, who disclosed that politicians and influential Nigerians who stole the country’s resources were being released by courts courtesy of criminal justice administration, said the phone thief was supposed to be made to buy the phone and face commensurate punishment for the crime.
He said: “I am not saying that stealing of a phone set is good, but the dispensation of justice should not be to give privileges tothe rich people.”
An Osogbo High Court had on Monday sentenced Ighodalo to 45years imprisonment without an option of fine for stealing a Sony Erricson phone valued at N50,000 belonging to Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola on November 27,2010 and impersonating the governor to defraud some individuals.
The governor threatened to move against workers that engaged in partisan politics in the state, saying such civil servants should resign their positions. Fayemi, who said some civil servants had been carrying out political activities unabated, said such workers would be held accountable for their conduct when apprehended by appropriate authorities.


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45 years?

nigeria is a country against the masses.

One nigeria is the problem.

That judgement is an aberration and a travesty of justice. It is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience.
I hope they have filed for an appeal.
This statement from Fayemi is pregnant and nursing a baby. Is the house falling apart?

I thought the 45 years would run concurrently!
Aside from stealing a phone, he also impersonated a sitting governor and defrauded a royal father and one other person.
I think the total years would be 13 years and he has spent about 6 years in detention already.
This man won't say the same thing if he was at the receiving end, he is just playing to gallery.
There is no denying though that corrupt politicians that steal our collective commonwealth deserve life or execution but that does not justify playing politics with a criminal case. If the accused had the opportunity, he would defraud all the contacts on the stolen phone.
He is a daredevil professional criminal.