A vigilance group, Igbogene Vigilance
Committee, in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has
arrested a father of two for alleged theft of a pot of soup, 12 wraps of
fufu and a half basin of garri.
The 35-year-old, whose name was given as Kaduna Enatimi, hailed from Akassa community in
the Brass LGA.
Enatimi was reportedly arrested by
members of the vigilance group about 2am on Thursday while consuming
some of the stolen wraps of fufu and the soup.
The suspected thief was said to have
confessed that hunger and economic hardship led him to steal the pot of
soup and the other food items.
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.”
Asomo noted that the accused also claimed that he planned to give some of the food to his family members.
Asomo said, “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.
“We questioned Enatimi and he confessed to have stolen the pot of soup, some wraps of fufu and half basin of garri.”
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.
It was also learnt that after parading the suspect round the village, he was released and asked to sin no more.
The paramount ruler, it was learnt, was
said to have let him go after considering his defence that hunger and
hardship made him to steal the items.
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