By Edwin Eriye
An 18-year-old church worker, Elikor Ehud has been arrested for allegedly conspiring with a coworker, Lucky, to break the seed offering box of Divine Chosen Vine Church and cart away all the money inside.
The General Overseere, Dr. Godwin Chukwudire, on Monday morning when he entered the church to collect the seed sown by members during Church service, was shocked to meet an empty offering box.
The alleged theft was reported to the Police at Ejigbo Division. The police officers, led by CSP Olabisi Okuwobi, moved into action and arrested Ehud while his accomplice, Lucky, is still at large.
Ehud, while confessing to the crime, said the thought to steal money came to him when the church organized special prayers and he was in the prayer camp for five days before they carried out the operation.
“After we stole the money, we lodged in an hotel, I used part of the money to buy a phone worth N120, 000, clothes and other needs before I escaped to River State”, The suspect revealed.
However, Ehud claimed the money he and his accomplice stole, was not up to the N1.5m as claimed by the church.
“I got my share of N370, 000, while Lucky got N300, 000. The money was squandered at the hotel where we lodged” Ehud said.
