Couple and In-law Arrested for Stealing N13m from Church

A suspect, Pius Edward; his wife, Fausat; and her mother, have been

arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the theft

of N13m from Bishop's Court, an Anglican church in Bodija area of

Ibadan.

Edward, a security man at the church was said to have broken into an

office where the money was kept and made away with it.

It was alleged that he woke his wife the following morning and told

her to prepare for a journey with the children.

After the theft was reported by one of the reverends in the church,

the police were, however, able to trace his movement and nabbed him at

Idi-Iroko, Ogun State, where he had gone to buy two cars with part of

his loot.

He was also said to be planning to relocate his family to Dubai in the

United Arab Emirates.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndabawa, said Edwards'

in-law's involvement was attempting to help the family disappear from

Nigeria by facilitating the procurement of their travel documents.