Seems like a case of being jinxed to me,a fake Pastor, Prince Kayode Ogbeniola, 43,was arrested for allegedly stealing a Samsung handset at the Redeemed Christain Church Of God,City Of David parish Lekki.
The accused entered the church as a worshipper and stole a handset
belonging to a member of the church, Vivian Oji and escaped on 13
December, 2012.
But nemesis caught up with him when he came back the following Sunday
to steal another one, and the victim sighted him within the church
premises making calls with her phone.
She confronted the accused to give her the phone in his possession because it belonged to her.
Angered, the accused was said to have attempted to beat up the victim for daring to ask him about the handset.
The handset was discovered to belong to the victim and the accused,
who claimed to be a mobile evangelist who preach and worship in any
church of his choice, was arrested and handed over to the police.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to the crime.
In his statement to the police, he allegedly begged the police for
forgiveness, saying poverty, frustration coupled with his wife who
recently divorced him pushed him to commit the act.
“When I stole the handset, the owner sent text messages to me twice
to return the handset, but the devil told me to remove the sim card and
replace it with my own, and I started using the handset.
But I did not know how I went back to the same church the following during the Sunday service before I was caught.
I have been a mobile evangelist who preach to people to repent from
their sins for the past five years, but I am surprised that I turned out
to be the sinner. I regret my action,” he allegedly told the police.
After investigation by Coporal Sekinat Akinbola, he was charged to court for stealing.
The offence, the prosecutor, Sergeant Ighodalo Daniel said,
contravenes section 285 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge, and magistrate, Mrs.
O.M. Ajayi admitted him on bail in the sum of N40,000 with one surety.
She adjourned the mater till 15 April, 2013 for mention. The
defendant was moved to Ikoyi Prison pending when he would fulfil his
bail condition.