Pastor Bags 18 Months Imprisonment For Stealing Goat, Turkeys

LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Pastor of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, called Solomon Opaalade, has been jailed for stealing a goat and turkeys and threatening the owner with charms.

The Principal State Counsel from the State Ministry of Justice, Adekunle Adeniyi, said the pastor stole nine turkeys valued at N270,000 and a goat valued at N18,000 belonging to one Oluwasegun Hammed, Withinnigeria reports.

Adekunle Adeniyi from the state Ministry of Justice who led the prosecution team said Opaalade stole nine turkeys and a goat belonging to one Oluwasegun Hammered.

Five witnesses were called by prosecution while two turkeys and charms were recovered from Opaalade as well as a statement written by the defendant.

The defendant was found guilty of three of the five counts by the Magistrate, Adijat Oloyade, in her judgment and subsequently sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment on each of them or an option of paying N10,000 fine for each of the counts.

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