The son of a visually impaired man, Emmanuel Nwonu, was on Thursday, sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment without an option of fine by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki for steal
ing church offering.
Our correspondent gathered that he was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police on Monday and the sum of N41,465 was found on him. “That you, Emmanuel Nwonu, on the same date and place and in the same aforesaid magisterial district, did wilfully and unlawfully damaged one offering box and it’s padlock valued at N15,000, property of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 451 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 33, Vol. 1, Laws of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009.”
Nwonu, who pleaded guilty, said his poor condition pushed him into crime, adding that life had not been meaningful to him since he lost his job as a driver.
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