Four security guards who allegedly stole the sum of N500, 000 from the tithe box of a church were on Monday arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos State.
The prosecutor, Inspector Richard Odigie, told the court that the accused Tajudeen Shoni, 64, Taiwo Akintola, 39, Bright Innocent, 28 and Amos Danjuma, 20, committed the offence on January 25, at about 4am.
Odigie said the accused conspired to steal N500, 000 from the tithe box belonging to Ascension Anglican Church at Alasia bus stop, Badore Road, Eti-Osa area of the state.
He said, “They were guards employed to secure the church. The first and second accused persons were on night duty while the third and fourth were on morning duty,” adding that the offences contravened sections 309 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
Counsel to the accused, Mr. Ademola Owolabi, applied for bail to be granted his clients in liberal terms.
In his ruling, the magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, granted each of the accused N50, 000 bail with two sureties each in like sum.
Owolabi adjourned the matter till March 22 for mention.
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