A job applicant, identified as Shedrach Johnson, was on Friday remanded by an Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja for stealing 100 pieces of plastic chairs in a church.
The suspect was charged with criminal trespass and theft by the police, NIGERIACRIME reports.
The case was adjourned until March 24 for sentence by the presiding judge, Malam Hassan Mohammed.
The convict was in the Keffi Custodial Centre by the judge.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Mr Olarewaju Osho, told the court that the matter was reported by one Pastor Uche Eke of Gidan Daya, Orozo, Abuja.
According to the prosecution counsel, the convict criminally trespassed into the complainant’s church and stole 100 plastic chairs and three bottled water.
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He said the convict was arrested with the help of security men on duty and three plastic chairs were recovered from him and a pack of bottled water.
Johnson pleaded guilty but begged for leniency.
In another news, some polling units in the Ajiran area of Agungi, Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area in Lagos State were on Saturday morning attacked by hoodlums, who snatched ballot boxes.
It was observed that the hoodlums attacked PU 108, PU 007 and PU 028 in the area.
A resident of the area, who was attacked and flogged by the hoodlums with blood dripping down his head, said he was intimidated while trying to cast his vote.
Speaking to our correspondent on condition of anonymity for fear of harassment, he said, “I was trying to cast my vote when the thugs invaded my polling unit. They said I can’t vote if I’m not voting for the APC [All Progressives Congress]. They started flogging me and beating me.”
It was gathered that the hoodlums were made up of both male and female members and they were about 20 in number that invaded the area.
Another resident, identified simply as Bayo, said, “The violence broke out between 9am and 10 am. The number of voters that came out during the presidential election in our area has dropped significantly. We are still calling our people around to come out and vote as the military has arrived and things have settled now.”