A man who was caught attempting to
steal a Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, during church service at an Anglican Church
in Lagos, George Obasi, stunned his interrogators when he claimed he got a
divine directive to take the SUV home.
He said he had to take the SUV since
he needed money to start a new business because his former business collapsed
and he has been praying over it before the day of the incident.
Worshippers at Anglican Cathedral
located at Okodua Street, Kirikiri Town, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, listened in
disbelief to what Obasi was telling the church securitymen who caught him in
the act.
The church members and the
securitymen ignored his alleged divine message. They arrested and handed him
over to the police.
At the police station, he allegedly
confessed to the police that he attempted to steal the SUV, sell it and use the
money to start a business.
The 43- year old man pretended that
he had come to the church to worship and joined others at the congregational
service. He, however, armed himself with tools to steal at the church premises.
As the service was going on, he
quietly went out to where a Nissan SUVwith registration number MP 461ABC was
parked to steal it. He reportedly used a sharp object in his pocket and forced
the door of the vehicle open.
He was caught while attempting to
drive the car out of the church premises.
Obasi was charged to an Apapa
Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of attempted stealing.
His plea was not taken.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs. A .O.
Ogundare ordered that the matter should be transferred to Kirikiri Magistrate’s
Court where he will face the charge.
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