stealing a pot of soup, some wraps of fufu
and half basin of garri in Yenagoa local
government area of Bayelsa state.
stolen items.
A father of two has been paraded by a
vigilance group in Yenagoa local government
area of Bayelsa state for allegedly stealing a
pot of soup, 12 wraps of fufu and a half
basin of garri flour.
The 35-year-old suspect who was identified
as Kaduna Enatimi, was said to have been
arrested by the vigilantes about 2am on
Thursday, November, 10 comfortably
consuming some of the stolen wraps of fufu
and the soup,
The suspected thief was also said to have
pleaded with the vigilantes, blaming his
actions on hunger and economic hardship.
The head of the Igbogene vigilance
committee, Chief MoneySweet Asomo, said
the suspect was caught red handed “doing
justice” to the soup and food items stolen
from a cafeteria owned by an Akwa Ibom
State woman in the area.
“We were on patrol at about 2am on Thursday.
When we got to the Timida School area, we
saw a man at a local food joint eating. The
food kiosk is owned by an Akwa Ibom
indigene popularly called Madam
Blessing,” Asomo said.
“We questioned Enatimi and he confessed to
have stolen the pot of soup, some wraps of
fufu and half basin of garri. He claimed it was
the economic hardship that led him to the
crime.”
It was, however, learnt that the paramount
ruler of the area, the Obenibe X1 of Epie
Kingdom, King Hope Adike, intervened and
asked them to parade him (the suspect)
round the community with the stolen items
as a deterrent to others.
After parading the suspect round the village,
he was released and asked to sin no more
considering his defence that hunger and
hardship made him to steal the items.
#kingdom#inspiration
No comments:
Post a Comment