The Lagos State Police
Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Nuru Owosere, for allegedly stealing a
ram in Mile 12 area of the state.
According to residents, the
suspect was of the habit of stealing livestock at midnight only to sell them at
ridiculous prices.
Punch Metro learnt that the
suspect was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after stealing a ram
belonging to a bricklayer at the Church Avenue area.
It was learnt that as the
suspect was attempting to escape, residents saw him and chased him.
Owosere was said to have
been rounded up by the mob and beaten up.
The suspect however said he
was not a thief, adding that he only stole livestock.
He said he never saw
anything wrong in what he did because he had stolen his own father’s livestock
many times without being reprimanded.