Catholic Church Members Beat Man To Death For Stealing Offering

For stealing church offerings at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nsukka, Enugu State, a middle-aged man identified as Chinedu Ugwuodo has been beaten to death.



The deceased and one other now at large was caught right inside the...
Parish Priest apartment ransacking the entire place, hauling a good amount of money into his pocket unknown to him that his colleague have escaped through the fence when the parish stewards and other attendants noticed an unusual human movement.

It was gathered that the late Chinedu was a habitual thief who had severally stolen the church offerings made by worshippers at St. Mary’s Parish.

When apprehended in the act, the suspect was beaten to pulp and handed over to police who in turn asked the worshipers to take him to hospital for medical attention before carrying out investigations into the matter.

He was driven to Bishop Shanahan hospital, Nsukka in company of agile policemen in case the worshipers decide to dump him on the way.

He reportedly died few hours after arriving at the hospital. It was claimed that the deceased had a previous stealing case pending in the police but continued to tamper with church offerings while worshipers vowed to catch him in the act.

A parish source disclosed that he made confessional statement to the police admitting that he has been stealing from the coffers of the church. A large amount of money was recovered from him.

Spokesman of the Catholic Diocese, Nsukka, Rev. Fr. Simon Ukwueze, disclosed that three stewards of St. Mary’s parish who were earlier arrested in connection with the death of the thief has been released after questioning at State Criminal Investigations Department, C.I.D, Enugu.