A veteran pastor has been jailed for stealing a goat and 9 turkeys and also threatening the owner with charms.
Solomon Opaalade, pastor of Cherubim and Seraphim Church was on Thursday hit with a sentence for stealing a goat and turkeys.
A week ago, Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo remanded Solomon Oni Opaalade for stealing turkeys, a goat and threatening the owner with charms.
According to the Principal State Counsel from the State Ministry of Justice, Adekunle Adeniyi, the pastor stole nine turkeys valued at N270,000 and a goat valued at N18,000 belonging to one Oluwasegun Hammed.
The prosecution team led by Adekunle Adeniyi from the state Ministry of Justice told the court that Opaalade stole nine turkeys and a goat belonging to one Oluwasegun Hammered.
The prosecutor called five witnesses and presented two turkeys and charms recovered from Opaalade as well as a statement written by the defendant.
Magistrate Adijat Oloyade, in her judgment, found the defendant guilty of three of the five counts and subsequently sentenced him to 18 months’ imprisonment on each of them or an option of paying N10,000 fine for each of the counts.
Source: OccupyGh.com
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