Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner.
A suspected church robber, Ehiosun Junior, has been arraigned before an
Egor Chief Magistrate Court, over alleged attempt to steal the church
offerings during its annual thanksgiving.
the Pastor in charge of the church, Christ Apostolic Church, Rev.
Igbinigie Anthony, said the alleged thief had broken into the church
on 2 previous occasions and made away with N52, 000 cash.
PM News reports that the cleric told the court that he had a premonition that the thief would
return to steal the thanksgiving collections, so he and the church’s
Youth President, who was simply identified as Okoh, decided to sleep in
the church that day.
He said
The first time the suspect broke into the church, he stole N40,000, but I asked the church to pray to God to forgive the thief.
“On the 12th, they came back through the same place and stole N9,000 and
other offering money. On the 23rd, 12 cans of malt were stolen.
“After our thanksgiving on the 30th, I knew the thief will come back
because we kept all the monies and items realized inside the church. At
about 11:45 pm, I saw a shadow because we switched off all the lights in
the church.
“I pointed a torch at the person and he ran away towards the direction
of the Youth President who caught him. The accused said he was the only
one and we called the police who took him away to Okhoro Police
Station,” Rev. Igbinigie told the court.