A 32-year old man has been arrested and charged to court for stealing tithe in a church in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
Alaba Balogun allegedly committed the offence during a prayer session at the Presbyterian Church, Yaba, Lagos.
It was learnt that when the congregation was praying, the suspect stole a bag containing N200,000 belonging to another worshipper, Mrs Tinu Onitana. The money was meant for her monthly tithe offering.
P.M.NEWS gathered that while the victim closed her eyes and was busy praying, Balogun who was sitting close to her quietly stole her bag and left the church hall.
However, he was caught by one of the church guards when he was leaving the church premises.
Meanwhile, when the victim discovered that her bag had been stolen after prayer, she immediately went outside the church hall and raised alarm. It was then she saw Balogun being interrogated by the church guards.
The father of two kids was handed over to the police at Sabo, Yaba division where he allegedly made a confessional statement.
During interrogation, it was alleged that Balogun confessed that he saw the money when the woman opened her bag and decided to steal it because he needed the money to offset his debts.
The suspect is now facing a one count charge of stealing at a Lagos Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs S. K. Metapo.
He pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor, Mr. A. Chris, applied for a short adjournment to enable him present facts of the matter before the sentence.
His prayer was granted and the matter was adjourned till 28 February for facts and sentence.
P.M.NEWS
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Nonsense!! The Police should also question the source of income of this woman who will pay a monthly tithe of N200,000. What are our churches turning to? Banks? I believe God must have pushed this man to show that woman and her kind, a sense, even that the man was caught.
ReplyDeleteU DONT HAVE BUZNESS WITH WHAT D WOMAN IS DOING, SO U CANT EARN GENIUE MONEY IN DIS COUNTRY ANYMORE? PLS LOOK FOR BETTER THING DOING SO U CAN EARN BIG MONEY
DeleteYour write up shows how ignorant you are. What has her biz got to do with u. Its her choice to give the money to God. How does that affect you. I applaud her for keeping faith. The word of God says give one tenth of ur earnings. It does not matter the amount . You should learn from her. Visit your pastor for guidiance. You need it.
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ReplyDeleteYou are a stupid fellow wallowing in poverty.What u are telling us now is that,no one can genuinely earn N2Million as gross income in Nigeria in a clean way?
In this Nigeria we are,am happy to let u know that people are receiving more than this in clean ways.Don't be myopic!
This woman must be into business.Please find out the monthly salary of some of her staff. You will be surprise that most will be earning less than N10,000.00 per month. Carrying money to church at the expense of your workers will no give you salvation.
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