Fayemi Said About The Phone Thief

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State yesterday condemned the 45-year jail term handed down by an Oshogbo High Court to 31-year-old Kelvin Igha Ighodalo for stealing a phone.
Fayemi wondered why a phone thief could be jailed 45 years whereas 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 face the 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 to the rich people.” source by karinagk .blogspot.com