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ROBBERS OF GOD **confrontation With Serial Church Robbers by knockturnal(m): 12:02am On Apr 29, 2013 |
**Confrontation with serial church robbers: Fear of God meant nothing to us! **Will a man rob God? … – Malachi 3:8 To Akinbode Theophilus (30),Waidi Folorunso (27) and Wasiu Olusola (31), the answer to the question above is possibly, yes. They are in police net accused of robbing a church, among others. The robbed church is located at Ijegun-Ikotun, Lagos. And it wasn’t only once that the church was robbed. Robbers attacked the church on three separate occasions during which they carted away items, the most valuable of which were musical instruments valued at hundreds of thousands of Naira. The musical instruments were believed tobe the target of the robbers and the other items, secondary. The trio of Theophilus, Folorunso and Olusola were said to have confessed to police interrogators that they were behind the serial robbery attacks on the church. Sources close to the interrogators also quoted the suspects as admitting to carrying out attacks on some other churches in Lagos and Ibadan. God, in Malachi 3:8, puts those robbing him, this timeof tithes and offerings, undera curse. If it is proven that Theophilus, Folorunso and Olusola carried out the church robberies, then they may never escape the curse of God; unless theyseek genuine repentance. The suspects arrest is as dramatic as it is mysterious. Many attributed it to nemesisand God at work. They had allegedly broken into the headquarters of the Kingdom Zone of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ifelodun Street, Ijegun – Ikotun in the early hours of April 5, 2013. They entered the church auditorium, broke the iron cage inside which the musical instruments were secured and removed them. Not done yet, they broke intothe church offices and ransacked them, apparently looking for cash and valuables. Two of them – Theophilus and Folorunso- allegedly chartered a tricycle to conveytheir loot and had successfully escaped from the area. The suspects were said to be transferring the musical instruments from thetricycle into another one at Ikotun roundabout, some five kilometers from scene ofrobbery – around 5 a.m. – when a police patrol team noted their suspicious movements and accosted them. A police source said they toldthe patrol team they were musicians coming from a night engagement. Not convinced, the police team, led by one Inspector Ahmed, reportedly, asked the suspects to take them to the venue of the engagement to confirm their story. Then, onclose scrutiny of the musical instruments, the policemen found the name of the church engraved on them. The game was up. Folorunso allegedly tried to bolt away. He knocked down one of thepolicemen in the process. But as he dashed across the road, an oncoming tricycle knocked him down, instantly demobilising him. Both suspects – Theophilus and Folorunso – were arrested and taken to the scene of robbery. They allegedly confessed to the crime and told the police that they had another colleague working with them. The suspects also allegedly named a marketer at Oshodi who had been helping them to sell their loot. The two suspects were held at IkotunDivisional Police Station. Some officers at the station gave the credit for the arrest to the DPO, CSP Austines Akika, who, according to them, insists on ridding the area of criminal elements.. Items allegedly recovered from the suspects were the church musical instruments, a saw, two iron bars, a master key and a padlock. Theophilus an Folorunso were later taken to the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja where further investigations yielded the arrest of the third suspect, Olusola. Olusola is said to be an ‘insider’ in the Ijegun church who facilitated the robbery. The alleged marketer to the suspects was said to be on the run. Theophilus told Sunday Vanguard that he was not resident in Lagos, and that he came in from Abeokuta where he claimed to be a teacher. He claimed to be a university graduate. According to the suspect, he is married with a child. Indeed, the police took him to a high profile hotel where he claimed to be lodging in Ikotun area to corroborate his statement, and he was found to be paying N6,000 per night there. Asked if he did not fear God as to go to achurch to rob, Theophilus, a Christian, said he feared God,but that, that fear paled into insignificance when the survival of his family was at stake.
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