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Ex -security guard arrested for stealing church offering

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a former security guard at Grace Nations Church a.k.a Liberation City, Mela Samaila  for breaking into the church auditorium and stole the offering box with an undisclosed amount of money.

Penpushing reports that,the Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known adding that 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.

“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”.

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Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi 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.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun has directed that the suspect be charged to court without delay as soon as investigation is concluded.

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