The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed how a man was caught stealing from the church’s offering and tithe box at the Redemption Camp.
He said that the man was caught with the aid of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras that have been installed in every nook and cranny of the vast camp.
Adeboye spoke over the weekend at the church’s first Holy Ghost Service of the year held at the 3 by 3 kilometre auditorium of the church, Agunfoye.
He said the culprit stole envelopes containing money from the tithe and offering box in the Old Auditorium of the camp.
Daddy GO, as the cleric is fondly called by followers, said the CCTV system since installation has helped in nipping crime in the bud around the camp ground.
Adeboye said, “I was shown the clip of a man who went to take envelopes in the tithe and offering box in the Old Auditorium.
“When the man got to the auditorium, checked right and left and found out that nobody was around. Unknown to him CCTV cameras were recording what he was doing.
“He took the envelopes in the box and stuffed them in his pocket. By the time he was about escaping with the envelopes, a motorbike from the CCTV Centre caught up with him and he was apprehended.
“Initially he wanted to resist arrest because he claimed to have done nothing. But by the time they searched his pockets they discovered several envelops including tithe, first fruit and offering envelops with money in his pocket. He could not argue again.”
He recalled other instances where the CCTV system exposed criminal activity, including that of a young man that was caught breaking into and stealing from another person’s car.
Adeboye said he was mandated to tell the congregation about the CCTV system’s operation as it was required by law.
He warned against any behaviour that could cause the perpetrator embarrassment.
“You all know that there are angels watching over us on camp. But I have been asked to tell you that there are CCTV cameras on the camp which records all that is going on in the camp.
“It is part of the requirement of the law that we announce the presence of such equipment. So you can’t afford to misbehave on camp. Every car that comes into the camp is being recorded and all activities even in the dark as long as they are being done on the camp are being recorded,” the general overseer disclosed.
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