A 35-year-old ex-convict, John Agbontean, has been apprehended by operatives of Edo State Police Command, while robbing church worshippers of proceeds of end of year harvest.
The incident occurred at about 11.45 am on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at the Restoration Gospel Ministry Church, located at No. 11 Oviasuyi Street, off Ogiemwenke, Benin City.
The Command’s spokesman, SP Moses Joel Yamu, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday that following a distress call from the worshippers, operatives of Saint Saviour Divisional Headquarters immediately mobilised to the scene.
The statement added that the suspect was caught red-handed in the act, with a cut to size gun.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed being an ex-convict that gained his freedom from Oko Prison, Benin-City on 19/12/2024.
“He stated that he and his accomplice, one Ola whose surname is unknown now at large, conspired to rob the aforementioned church of the proceeds from the Church’s end of year harvest thanksgiving where he was arrested in the process, while his accomplice narrowly escaped arrest,” the statement said.
