MAN GETS A BAIL OF N450,OOO FOR STEALING CHURCH COLLECTION OF N9,200.

The Police, yesterday docked an unemployed man, William Eromosele, 27 before Igbosere Magistrate's court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing N9,200 from a church offering box.

He pleaded not guity and was granted N150,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

Magistrate A. Adetunji, who gave the bail condition, also said that the sureties must show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos state government.

The prosecutor, Corporal Friday Mameh, had earlier told the court that the defendant committed the offence on January 3, at 11 a.m., at Catholic Church on Musa Yar'dau Street, Victoria Island.

Mameh said Eromosele dipped his hands into the box and stole N9,200, which was a sacrilege.

The prosecutor said that the offences committed are contrary to Section 166(d) and punishable under Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.