Worried by the frequent stealing of phones and other items in the church, members of the Favorite House Church, in Lekki area of Lagos State decided to set a trap for the thief. The trap nailed 30-year-old Tunde Aro.
Unaware that members had a secret meeting, where it was decided they should plant a dummy phone, to catch the thief, Aro had, as usual, sailed into the church, pretending to be pious like other worshippers.
But within a few seconds, he had stealthily stolen a Samsung Galaxy phone. He was, however, unaware that it was a dummy. But the suspect denied being the sought-after thief. He claimed that he was just a victim of circumstance.
According to him, he had taken the dummy phone, with the intension to hand it over to the usher. He said he was shocked when they accused him of being a thief.
“Members of the church told us that several things had mysteriously been disappearing from the church. They recorded missing laptops, phones and other valuable items. “The attention of the security guards in the church was always drawn to these missing items. They became worried as it continued, but they did not want to accuse anybody, in order not to cause bad blood.
The security team of the church decided to plant the dummy phone while they watch. “Aro was said to have picked the phone and on his way outside the premises, he was caught and handed over to the police,” a police source said. Preliminary investigations carried by the police at Lekki, show that Aro had been to prison in the past for criminal offences, prompting his transfer to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, for further investigation.
According to the suspect, he used to work with Hotel De Island in Lekki, before he quit. He said: “I left the hotel because of a problem. It bothers on salary problem and some missing stocks. I was arrested because I picked phone in the church after closing from the church. They said I’m a thief.
The usher said a lot of things have been missing in the church. I wanted to hand it over to the usher before I was arrested.” But police insisted that Aro was had already walked out of the church premises before he was stopped. “It was in the church premises. I had not gone far with. I wanted to go to the gate before they caught me in the front of the church,” Aro said.
He insisted that he had never stolen anything in the church before, especially since he was a church member. “I am a member of the church. I don’t know the name of the church because it was not too long I was invited to that church. I attended the church twice before I had accident and stopped. It was one of my neighbours who invited me to the church,” the suspect said.
Unaware that members had a secret meeting, where it was decided they should plant a dummy phone, to catch the thief, Aro had, as usual, sailed into the church, pretending to be pious like other worshippers.
But within a few seconds, he had stealthily stolen a Samsung Galaxy phone. He was, however, unaware that it was a dummy. But the suspect denied being the sought-after thief. He claimed that he was just a victim of circumstance.
According to him, he had taken the dummy phone, with the intension to hand it over to the usher. He said he was shocked when they accused him of being a thief.
“Members of the church told us that several things had mysteriously been disappearing from the church. They recorded missing laptops, phones and other valuable items. “The attention of the security guards in the church was always drawn to these missing items. They became worried as it continued, but they did not want to accuse anybody, in order not to cause bad blood.
The security team of the church decided to plant the dummy phone while they watch. “Aro was said to have picked the phone and on his way outside the premises, he was caught and handed over to the police,” a police source said. Preliminary investigations carried by the police at Lekki, show that Aro had been to prison in the past for criminal offences, prompting his transfer to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, for further investigation.
According to the suspect, he used to work with Hotel De Island in Lekki, before he quit. He said: “I left the hotel because of a problem. It bothers on salary problem and some missing stocks. I was arrested because I picked phone in the church after closing from the church. They said I’m a thief.
The usher said a lot of things have been missing in the church. I wanted to hand it over to the usher before I was arrested.” But police insisted that Aro was had already walked out of the church premises before he was stopped. “It was in the church premises. I had not gone far with. I wanted to go to the gate before they caught me in the front of the church,” Aro said.
He insisted that he had never stolen anything in the church before, especially since he was a church member. “I am a member of the church. I don’t know the name of the church because it was not too long I was invited to that church. I attended the church twice before I had accident and stopped. It was one of my neighbours who invited me to the church,” the suspect said.
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