Lagos Orders Bakery Workers To Community Service For Bread Theft

The Lagos State Government has ordered two bakery workers to serve two weeks of community service after they were accused of stealing five loaves of bread from their employer.

The offenders during their community service at Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja…Photo Credit: LASG

According to a statement on the state government’s website on Monday, the Ministry of Justice, through its Restorative Justice Centre in collaboration with the Non-Custodial/Community Service Centre, secured the non-custodial sentence in place of prosecution.

The offender during the community service at Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja…Photo Credit: LASG

The employer had insisted the workers should be taken to court, but the case was reviewed under the ministry’s sifting process at the Magistrates’ Courts, where a District Prosecutor redirected the matter to the Restorative Justice Centre.

“The workers were accused of stealing five loaves of bread, with their employer insisting they must be prosecuted in court.