Former church guard storm church, steal offering box loaded with money

A former security guard at Grace Nations Church a.k.a Liberation City has been nabbedfor allegedly breaking into the church auditorium and stealing the offering box with an undisclosed amount of money.

He was picked up by operatives of Ogun state police command.

The DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state police Public Relations Officer in the state confirmed the development.

The PPRO said the suspect, was arrested following a distress call received by the police at Ojodu Abiodun divisional headquarters from security men on duty at the church, at about 04:00am that a thief scaled the fence of the church, broke into the main auditorium and made away with the church offering box.

Oyeyemi said upon the distress call, the DPO Ojodu Abiodun division, CSP Eyitayo Akinluwade quickly mobilized his patrol team to the scene, combed the area and succeeded in arresting the suspect with the help of the security men of the church and the offering box was recovered from him.

He said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was once a security man in the church, but was relieved of his duty due to some untoward behavior.

He added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun, has directed that the suspect be charged to court without delay as soon as the investigation is concluded.