A branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, situated in the Somolu area of Lagos State has dragged the church’s guard, identified as Ese Edet to court for allegedly stealing 180 pieces of chairs worth N1.4m.
Edet was brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in the state by his employer.
According to information obtained by NIGERIACRIME, Edet was employed by a firm, Bon Douglas Security Company, Itire, Surulere, and was posted to guard the church at Palmgroove, Somolu.
The suspect was said to have stolen 180 chairs out of the 220 chairs the church has, leading his manager, Monday Oluwareghan, to file a report at the Somolu Police Station.
The suspect, however, confessed that he only sold five chairs out of the 180 missing chairs.
Edet was brought to the court on the one count of stealing.
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The police prosecutor, Inspector Godwin Oriabure, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between January and December 16, 2022, at 20, Ogunaike Street, Palmgroove, Somolu.
The charge read in part, “That you, Ese Edet, between January and December 16, 2022, at No 20, Ogunaike Street, Palmgroove, Somolu, in the Yaba Magisterial District, being a security guard at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Palmgroove, Somolu, did steal 180 chairs from the said church, valued at the sum of N1,440,000, property of RCCG, Palmgroove, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 280(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, A.O. Salawu, admitted him to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till January 26, 2023, for trial.