TWO NOTORIOUS ROBBERS NABBED WHILE LOOTING THE GODS
Joseph Omoniyi
Two men have been arrested after they were caught stealing from a shrine at Etitnabo Ezihu, Igboukwu, in Anambra State.
The armed robbers were believed to have been seeking to loot the gods in the shrine they raided.
Reports said that, the notorious thieves who have been terrorising residents of Igboukwu town, were caught at Etitnabo Ezihu village in Igboukwu area of the state, while trying to steal statues, representations of gods, at a shrine.
The armed robbers in an attempt to escape after being spotted, shot sporadically at people but no one was hurt or caught by the stray bullets.
They were both apprehended and stripped naked as the villagers disgraced them before handing them over to the police for prosecution.
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