Evangelist Docked For Allegedly Stealing 7 Tokunbo Refrigerators

[Shola Sholaz]

A 30-year-old man, Azubuike Ogamba, was, yesterday, charged before an Ojo Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing seven fairly-used refrigerators valued at N171,000.
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The accused, an evangelist, resident at 33, Masebinu St., Shibiri, Ojo, is standing trial on a charge of stealing.
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The prosecutor, Mr Godwin Eze, told the court that the accused committed the alleged offence on February 8. He said the complainant, one Mr Stephen Agbo, a dealer in electronics at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, entrusted the refrigerators to the accused, to auction on his behalf.
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Eze said the accused took possession of the refrigerators, but nothing was heard from him afterwards.
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"He did not remit any proceeds of the sale, or give any explanation as to the whereabouts of the goods, despite repeated demands," the prosecutor said.

[Folami David]

All this stealing in this country is just getting really absurd and all the pepetrators deserve tougher punishments from now on. It's bad!