Police in Kilifi are investigating an incident where five men broke into pastor Ezekiel Odero’s New Life Church and Prayer Centre in Mavueni and stole a covenant box.
Kilifi North police Boss, Stanley Tonui said two security guards and one suspect aged 24 years were arrested in connection to the robbery as investigations continue.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The incident happened on Sunday June 1 night.
Other items stolen are an item known as ‘Chuma ya Meno Saba’, One tray with a kettle and six cups all gold-plated whose value has not been established.
Police visited the scene and reviewed security cameras which showed five men who were dressed in police jungle fatigues armed with pangas jumped over the perimeter wall into the church compound and went inside the church hall where they found three men praying.
They blindfolded them, tied their hands using sisal ropes and made them lie down facing the floor.
Police said the main suspect in the incident gained entry into the compound through the main gate at about 9 pm.
He then proceeded to the entrance area where he met two guards on duty and engaged them briefly and walked past them.
He did not return and it was until daybreak when he was found near a restaurant there.
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