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Man arrested for for ‘stealing’ two children in church

A middle aged man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, was, on Good Friday, arrested at Ijeja area of Abeokuta by men of Ogun State police command for allegedly stealing two children during a church service.

The suspect, according to a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Ibara divisional headquarters that, while Good Friday service was going on at Celestial Church of Christ, Ijeja, the suspect and one other, who is now at large, sneaked into the children department and stole two children who are two and three years old.

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“On their way out with the stolen children, a vigilant member of the church sighted them and raised the alarm, consequence upon which the congregants pursued them and apprehended one of them”, the statement said.

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