Lagos – An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a driver, Sheu Jimoh, at the Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, for allegedly stealing worshippers’ telephone handsets from two churches during night vigils.
The Magistrate, Mrs A.O Gbajumo, remanded Jimoh, 25, after he admitted stealing the phones from the two churches.
Gbajumo adjourned the case till Jan. 23, for facts and sentencing.
Jimoh, a resident of 22, Suberu Oje St., Alagbado, Lagos, was arraigned on a one-count charge of stealing.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. Michael Unah, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Jan. 6 at Alagbado, Lagos.
He said the accused committed the offence at the Cherubim and Seraphim Church and the Christ Apostolic Church in Alagbado.
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“The accused sneaked into the C & S Church when the worshippers were praying and stole nine phones.
“He later moved to the CAC and stole six phones,” he alleged.
Unah said the accused was arrested when he was about scaling the fence of the CAC with the stolen items.
“The security guard sighted him and raised an alarm and Jimoh was arrested.
“When he was searched, the phones were found on him.
“The accused confessed to have stolen the handsets from the two churches on the same street,” he said.
Unah said the offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 285 provides that if convicted, the accused is liable to three years imprisonment. (NAN)