Missing N2,385 church offering: Security guard arraigned for stealing

A security guard, Micheal Nwaogwu was arraigned by the Police before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing from the church offering box.

It was gathered that on July 17 , 2019, Nwaogwu allegedly stole N 2 , 385 from the offering box of the St. Dennis Catholic Church in the Akoka, Bariga area of the state.

According to the prosecutor , Godwin Oriabure , another guard , Musa Ayay , who discovered that the offering box had been tampered with , confronted Nwaogwu , who confessed to the crime and upon a search, the money was allegedly found in his underwear.

Nwaogwu was arraigned on one count of theft.

According to Oriabure , the offence contravenes Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State , 2015 ( revised ) .

The presiding magistrate , Oluwatoyin Ojuromi, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N 30 ,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Ojuromi ordered that one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the defendant.

She adjourned the case till August 19 for mention .