Vigilante Reportedly Busted Church Thief In Bayelsa

The rate at which young people get themselves in crime activities nowadays is becoming alarming to the extent of now stealing from churches. people get involve in these acys due to poverty, peer pressure, harsh economic condition in the country while some do that out of greed.

A thief was nabbed red handed after stealing from a church in Bayelsa state.The young man simply identified as Junior who hails from Okrika in Rivers State – was nabbed by men of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service. He was arrested around 5.00 am today for burglary and stealing equipment from a church opposite Fidelity bank in Isaac Boro expressway Amarata, #Yenagoa, the state capital. The suspect has been handed over to the police for prosecution.

In a similar way, it gathered that a thief who broke into a church in Agudama Epie, Bayelsa state sometime ago was also  apprehended and punished after he tried to steal a keyboard. There’s a popular saying that says ‘everyday is for the thief and one day is for the owner of the house’. Such was the case of this thief who was caught after breaking into a church in Agudama, Epie in Bayelsa state, where he had gone to steal a keyboard. According to the Facebook user who shared the story, the thief was stripped, paraded, flogged in public and also fined N10,000 as punishment.

See the post as shared on Facebook below:

“How can a youth, without the fear of God, go inside the church to steal the church keyboard? Anyway, this is what happens in my community when you are caught in the act of stealing. *You will be paraded naked on the major road with the item you stole *You will be flogged publicly, 39 stroke *A fine of #10,000 *Then you are handed over to the police.

Agudama Youth Movement (AYM) The youth of Agudama epie are indeed tremendous towards the security of the community, now the people living in the community can now rest and sleep peacefully without any fear, as the youth carry out there proposed duties. This young man was caught stealing a keyboard, what a pity CONTRAVENING SECTION 36 SUBSECTION 12 PARAGRAPH 1 PAGE 39 AS AMENDED 4th MARCH 2011 OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA as the law of the community has befallen him. Nice work from my President and the entire youth…TOGETHERNESS BREEDS SUCCESS AND UNITY…” The thief received 39 strokes of cane publicly The thief was paraded by youths of the village as punishment for stealing Na wa o!