Petrol Souvenir: Court Jails Lagos Socialite For 2 Year

A Lagos Mobile Court sitting at the premises of the State Task Office in Oshodi, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced a socialite, Ms Ogbulu Chindinma Pearl to 27-month imprisonment over the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) as a souvenir at her installation party.

Chief Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare, who handed down the verdict, held that the prosecution successfully proved the charge against the defendant beyond all reasonable doubts.

The defendant was earlier arraigned on March 14, 2022 for the offence of distributing petrol as a souvenir during her installation party on March 25, 2022 at Havilah Event Centre in Oniru area of Lagos.

The socialite was first arraigned on March 14 for distributing petrol as a souvenir during her installation party on March 5 at Havillah Event Centre in Lagos State. She pleaded not guilty then but changed her plea to guilty on Thursday when the case came up for hearing.

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Ogundare sentenced the socialite to three months imprisonment or fine N15, 000 fine on count one of the three-count charge, and one-year imprisonment or N500,000 fine on the second count. The chief magistrate sentenced the socialite to one-year imprisonment or N500,000 fine on the third count.

According to Lagos State Government, the socialite violated Section 251(1), 168 (1), 244 of the Criminal Law of the state, 2015, and Section 195 (2)(b) of the Environmental Management Protection Law of the state, 2017