An Ondo state Magistrate Court in Akure has sentenced Friday Okeneji, a clergyman to two years in jail for stealing chemical ingredients valued N130,000.
According to the police, he was charged in court with two counts of breaking and entering and stealing. Okeneji committed the crime on July 2, 2023.
The defendant, who pled guilty and is the presiding pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Iwaro Oka Akoko, Ondo State, said that he had no source of income and wanted to gather N150,000 for his mother’s funeral in August.
The Magistrate, Damilola Sekoni, ruled that the pastor was guilty of the allegations and sentenced him to two years in jail with the option of a N100,000 fine. Okeneji was also counseled to change his ways.
In other news, a lady took to Twitter to reveal that her friend relocated her boyfriend from Nigeria to the US because there are no quality men in America.
The Twitter user, who goes by the handle @deenayaah, disclosed that her friend decided to bring her boyfriend over to the US because she couldn’t find a good man in America.
According to @deenayaah, the said boyfriend has been unemployed for three years before he was flown over to the US by her friend.
She went on to say that Nigerian men are among the best in the world, but that women in Nigeria do not appreciate or acknowledge their worth.