The Abakaliki Division of the Ebonyi State Magistrate has sentenced a man to 12 months in prison for stealing church offerings.
According to reports, the suspect, Nwonu Emmanuel, broke into a St Patrick Catholic Church in the Ebonyi State capital, and made away with the offering. He also robbed a woman of her money and mobile phone.
The suspect confessed to the police after his arrest for stealing N41,465.
Emmanuel said, “I am really suffering and taking care of myself and my blind father. It has not been easy for me. I have no place of my own to stay. I was a driver and lost my job and since then, I have not found any other job to do”.
Chief Magistrate A.C. Nwusulor sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment.