How a non member stole phones worth ₦150,000 at a parish in Ogun State

Femi Fayemi, a 23-year-old man is to spend two years in prison for stealing phones valued at ₦150,000 in a parish in Ogun State.

Fayemi pleaded guilty before Chief Magistrate, Mrs. B. B. Adebowale, at a Magistrates' Court in Ota, Ogun State to a two counts of stealing and burglary and was immediately sentenced to imprisonment.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reported that the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. B. B. Adebowale, convicted the young man without an option of fine, saying his action was contrary to the provisions of sections 415 and 516 of the Criminal Law of Ogun State, 2006.

The prosecutor, Inspector Abdulkareem Mustapha, had earlier told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 19 at about 3.30 a.m. at Celestial Church of Christ, Joju, Ota.

Mustapha said the defendant broke into the church to steal different cell phones valued at N150,000, belonging to members of the church.