Court Jails 22-Year-Old Man for Stealing N1.7m Valuables from Church, Mosque

 

By Atlantic Reports

The Magistrate, Miss O.T. Odubanjo, handed down the sentence on Tuesday after Gafar pleaded guilty to a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, burglary and stealing.

Odubanjo ordered that the convict serve the jail term without an option of fine.

The magistrate sentenced him to two years imprisonment on each count but directed that the sentences should run concurrently.

Details of the Theft

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Opeyemi Lawal, told the court that the defendant committed the offences at about 6:00 a.m. on October 30 in the Itoko area of Abeokuta.

Lawal said Gafar unlawfully entered the premises of C & S Orisun Ibukun Goshen Church and stole an amplifier engine valued at N350,000, a mattress worth N250,000 and two speakers valued at N200,000.

Other items allegedly stolen from the church included a stove and cooking utensils valued at N170,000, two bells worth N40,000 and some quantities of wire valued at N50,000.

The prosecutor further alleged that the defendant broke into the premises of Allahu Rahamon Islamic Society, where he stole an amplifier engine valued at N450,000 and four speakers worth N250,000.

Lawal said the total value of the items stolen from the two religious institutions was N1.7 million.

He added that the defendant was apprehended by some vigilantes, who subsequently handed him over to the police.

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 390(9) and 412 of the Criminal Law of Ogun State, 2006.

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