Woman Arrested For Urinating On Church Altar

A petty trader, Moji Aderibigbe, has appeared at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stripping naked and urinating on a church altar

The 39-year-old pleaded not guilty to the charge of insult to a religion and disorderly conduct.

Prosecuting Sergeant Modupe Olaluwoye said the defendant committed the offence on May 13 at 49, Onabola Street, Ladi-lak, Bariga, Lagos.

She alleged that Mr. Francis Osibowale, the pastor of Firebrand Power Ministry, caught the defendant’s 15-year-old son vandalising church property.

“My Lord, when Aderibigbe was told that the pastor had taken her son to a police station, she took off her clothes inside the church building.

“She also climbed the altar and began to urinate,” the prosecutor alleged.

Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere granted the defendant N50,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

She said the sureties must be employed and must show evidence of three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

The hearing continues on May 22.