Man, 22, bags 2-year jail term for stealing from mosque, church
by Umoru Faruk Salifu November 3, 2026
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An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, on Tuesday, sentenced 22-year-old Atofeyinti Gafar, to two years’ imprisonment for stealing N1.7 million valuables from a church and mosque.
The Magistrate, O.T Odubanjo, sentenced Gafar after he confessed to conspiracy, burglary and stealing.
Odubanjo said the convict should serve out the jail term without an option of fine with each count running concurrently.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Opeyemi Lawal, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Oct. 30 at 6.00a.m. at Itoko area of Abeokuta.
Lawal said the defendant unlawfully entered into the premises of C & S Orisun Ibukun Goshen Church and stole an amplifier engine valued N350,000, a mattress valued N250,000 and two speakers valued N200,000.
Other items include: a stove and cooking utensils valued N170,000, two bells valued N40,000 and some quantity of wire valued N50,000.
The prosecutor further alleged that the defendant broke into the property of Allahu Rahamon Islamic Society and also stole an amplifier engine valued at N450,000 and four speakers valued at N250,000.
Lawal said all items stolen were valued N 1.7 million, adding that the defendant was apprehended by some vigilantes, who handed him over to the police.
Lawal said the offences contravened Sections 390(9) and 412 of the Criminal Law of Ogun, 2006.