Man Jailed For Stealing Condemned Rev. King’s Church Properties

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A 27-year old former member of condemned Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo King’s Christian Prayer Assembly Church, David Jack has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for breaking into the church headquarters and stealing church properties.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Jack, a very strong member of the church but stopped after Rev. King was arrested and condemned to death for murder, gained access into the Church headquarters in Ajao Estate, Lagos after the Sunday service and secretly went to the music section of the church to steal two mixers worth N850,000 belonging to the church.

According to police source, Jack reportedly hid inside a bag the stolen equipment which he had successfully taken outside the church premises before an alert security man became suspicious and demanded to search his bag.

During the search, the mixer was discovered after which he was handed over to the Police at Ajao Estate division who charged him to court .

When Jack was arraigned, he pleaded guilty and also pleaded for leniency.

The prosecutor, Mr Oje Uwagbale presented facts and sentence, and asked the court to sentence him accordingly.

The presiding Magistrate, Mr A.O. Ogbe found him guilty as charged and sentence him to three months imprisonment without an option of fine.