12-year-old girl docked for stealing 3,000 naira in church

A 12-year-old girl identified as Christy Okporomo, Tuesday, during the evening mass at St. Bosco Catholic Church, Asaba, Delta State, allegedly stole the sum of N3,500 belonging to a female parishioner who was said to have been sitting close to her.

LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the suspect perfected the act during offertory when the victim left her bag to give her offering.

Church sources said the female parishioner discovered that her bag containing her purse was missing when she wanted to go for the second collection and she raised the alarm which attracted other parishioners including church wardens to the scene.

The church wardens were said to have begun a search for the missing money during which the suspect confessed to the crime.

The suspect was said to have confessed to stealing the money for her up keep, saying she took to stealing after the demise of her parents.

Speaking with LEADERSHIP, the Parish Priest of the church, Rev Fr. Martins Oji said the suspect was pardoned after she admitted to have taken the money from the parishioner’s bag.

While appealing to parishioners to be wary of unsuspecting thieves among them, the parish priest disclosed that measures had been put in place to check the stealing habit of some parishioners in the church.

Culled from Leadership