By Victor Enengedi
According to reports from Punch Newspapers, Justice Oyejide Falola, who heard the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
The phone, a Sony Erickson, said to be worth about N50,000 was stolen from the governor’s pocket by Ighodalo on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.
Ighodalo is said to have used the phone to defraud individuals while posing as the governor.
It is unclear for now, if Ighodalo’s counsels will be appealing the sentence, but his sentence is expected to run immediately.
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