“I Go To Churches To Steal Phones” – Teenager Confesses

A 19-year outdated, Udoh Abraham, just lately caught inside a church, opened up and confessed that he really went to church buildings with the intention of stealing worshippers’ telephones and baggage throughout church companies.

The suspect made the confession earlier than the Isolo Magistrates court docket, Lagos the place he was arraigned for coming into a church and was caught stealing Pastor’s cellphone throughout a vigil.

He admitted that he had been going to church buildings to steal however telephones particularly.

He pleaded responsible earlier than the court docket, pleaded for leniency and promised that he is not going to interact in such act once more if pardoned.

The theft came about at Inspiration of Jesus Church situated at Freedom Road, Itire, Lagos throughout a vigil. It was gathered that Abraham had joined different worshippers in the course of the service and pretended to be one in every of them not realizing he had one other motive.

At about 2.00 am when the presiding Minister had closed for the service they usually have been ready for the day to interrupt earlier than the worshippers will depart the church to their properties.

It was whereas they have been nonetheless there and a few of them had slept that Abraham secretly went and stole Pastors Oluwashide Bunmi and Segun
Olaniyan telephones and hid inside his pocket.

Whereas he was trying to flee, unknown to him among the worshippers noticed him and raised alarm earlier than he was caught redhanded within the church premises. He was handed over to the police at Itire Division and the telephones have been recovered as reveals by the police.

The police that Abraham admitted and wrote in his assertion that he went there to steal telephones and to not pray as he had pretended.

He was charged earlier than the court docket for the offence and he admitted. The prosecutor, Mr Oje Uagbale introduced the details earlier than the court docket and requested the court docket to condemn him accordingly to function deterrent to those that would possibly need to go to locations of worship to steal.

Abraham pleaded passionately and informed the court docket that he had realised his mistake and can by no means strive such sooner or later.

The Presiding Justice of the Peace, Mrs. O.A. Teluwo discovered him responsible as charged and sentenced him to neighborhood service with stern warning that if he stole and was delivered to court docket once more, he’ll keep longer in jail.