LAGOS— A 60-year-old man, Fatai Olaiya, Thursday, appeared before a Somolu magistrate’s court, Lagos, for alleged malicious damage of a church building.

Olaiya, who resides at 16, Oluwafere Street, Bariga, was arraigned on a two-count charge of malicious damage and breach of public peace.

The prosecutor, ASP Akinlabi Adegoke, told the court that Olaiya, on September 13, mobilised eight unidentified men who vandalised The Pillar of God Church at 2, Mabinuori Street, Bariga.

He said: “They employed various equipment and broke down the walls, smashed the windows and then proceeded to vandalize all the musical instruments belonging to the church, valued at N2.9 million.”