A 25-year-old man, Ajiboye Taofeek, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Ogun, for allegedly breaking into a church and stealing a generating set worth N68,000.
Taofeek, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Opeyemi Lawal, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on November 7, at about 9 p.m., at Omun Sorin Village, Owode-Egba, Abeokuta.
Lawal alleged that Taofeek unlawfully entered the premises of Redemption Power Gospel Ministry Church through a window and stole an Elepaq generating set valued at N68,000.
“The defendant, unaware of the presence of members of the church, entered through the window; he was sighted by them, and they immediately raised an alarm.
“The defendant was apprehended by some vigilantes, who handed him over to the police,” he said.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 383, 390(9), 415 and 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006.
The Magistrate, O.T. Odubanjo, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N250,000 with one surety in like sum.
She said the surety must be a registered bondsman with the Ogun State Judiciary.
Odubanjo ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Oba Correctional Centre pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.
