Oluwatosin OmojuyigbeA 37-year-old man, Ikechukwu Duru, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a smartphone worth N48,000 at Our Saviour Anglican Church, Lagos, during the service of songs of a late member of the church. He was said to have escaped from the church hall, unknown to him that the CCTV cameras inside the church had captured him. Our correspondent learnt that the suspect used the stolen phone to withdraw the sum of N263,000 from the account of the victim and sold the phone at a giveaway price. The police counsel, Chinedu Njoku, in charge No B/84/2018, said the suspect deliberately entered the church to steal the phone. “He used the phone to withdraw the sum of N101,000 and N162,000 from the account of the victim and sold the phone.

Source: Punch September 14, 2018 01:59 UTC