Panel Beater Arrested For Stealing Pants Belonging To His Elder Brother’s Wife In Ondo State (Photo)

Panel Beater Arrested For Stealing Pants Belonging To His Elder Brother’s Wife In Ondo State (Photo)

A 25-year-old panel beater identified as Adejoh Ojonugwa has been
arrested in Ondo State for stealing underwear belonging to his elder
brother’s wife.  

He was apprehended by officers of Ondo State Police Command after the
case was reported.  The suspect was nabbed alongside one Prophet
Olajide Ogunleye of the Celestial Church of Christ, Ibanujemidopin
Parish in Uso Local Council Area of the state.  

During interrogation with reporters, Ojonugwa, a native of Kogi
State, said he only visited the prophet for spiritual cleansing as he
needed a solution to his problem. Narrating his side of the story, he
said: “I went to seek spiritual cleansing from Prophet Ogunleye and when
I got there, he prayed fervently for me. In fact, he asked me about the
job I do, and I told him that I am a panel beater, which has been my
trade for a very long time.

“Later, he asked me to open my hand, and he dropped something on it
for me to swallow, which I did. After I swallowed it, he prayed for me
and I left his place. But when I got home, I became unconscious.

Later, I began to look for my brother’s wife underwear and I took
them to the Prophet for some ritual purposes. Sadly, hours later, my
brother’s wife raised the alarm that her underwear garments were missing
and I was arrested.  

When the Police arrested me, I was taken to Uso Police Station before
they transferred me here to Akure. Two of the items belong to my
brother’s wife and three belong to my younger sister.”  

The Prophet, however, denied the allegation, stating that he was only being implicated by the suspect.  

His words: “I am a true man of God and I have never seen the boy
(Ojonugwa) in my life. He is just lying against me. The truth of this
matter is that they came to me for a parcel of land and I refused to
give them. I never asked him to bring any underwear for rituals. So,
they feel it is an opportunity to implicate me in this crime since I had
refused to give them the land to cultivate Indian hemp.

“Though, I engage in some spiritual cleansing for people, mostly
pregnant women who have difficulties so they can give birth early and
easily, I don’t engage in rituals as it is against the belief of our
church. I only see the allegation as pure lies against me.”

 Visibly angry, the elder brother of the suspect, Benjamin Ojonugwa, said his younger brother had always wanted to have money “by
all means, even through rituals. He is my own younger brother and has
always been in haste to have money through any means, but I just thank
God that he was exposed. He stole my wife’s underwear, and wanted to use
it for ritual purpose, so that he will have more money than me,” he said.  

Grace Ojonugwa, the victim, confirmed that the suspect stole her
underwear from where she spread it to dry in the house. “It was my
husband’s younger brother that stole the pants. He was actually trailing
me to spread it and when I discovered that the pants were missing, I
knew he stole it,” she said  Femi Joseph, spokesman of the Ondo State
Police Command, said the suspect and the Prophet were arrested last week
by the Police.  

Joseph, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the cases of
“stolen female underwear” were now becoming a trend and advised ladieas
to be on their guard.  “We have to guard whatever we are putting on. I
also advise parents to warn their children, particularly females, to be
very careful where they keep their undergarments,” he said.  He added
that the suspects would be charged to court soon.