Apprentice gets 3-month jail term for stealing church property

A 20-year-old apprentice, Qudus Ibrahim, from the Gate area in Ibadan, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment in a correctional centre by the Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for stealing church property. Ibrahim was charged by the police with theft and, after trials, was found guilty.

The Magistrate, Mrs T. B. Oyekanmi, sentenced Ibrahim to three months in a correctional centre or take the option to serve the community for one month. The prosecution counsel, ASP Sikiru Ibrahim, told the court that the convict committed the offence on March 6 at about 5. 52 p.m., at Cherubim and Seraphim church, Agbokoja, Ibadan.

Ibrahim reportedly stole a standing fan, iron, Lena speaker and wires worth N185,000 belonging to the church. The theft contravened the provisions of Section 415 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.