Angry youth at Luck Way in Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City have reportedly beaten a suspected thief to a pulp after allegedly stealing N400,000 and a mobile phone from a Point of Sales, POS, operator.
According to DAILY POST, the suspect stole the items from a female POS operator.
Speaking to journalists, the POS operator disclosed that the suspect came to her shop under the guise of buying biscuits, drinks, and other items.
She maintained that the suspect told her that he came to the community for a burial ceremony and that he needed the items to entertain his friends at the event.
“I provided the items for him, and I was about to pack them inside a polythene bag when he demanded bottles of water.
“As I went back inside to get the water, he stepped inside the shop and picked up the bag containing my money.
“When I brought the water out, he asked me to calculate the items and said that he wanted to get a bottle of groundnuts from the nearby shop.
“When he said he was going, it was then I checked for the bag and behold it was not there.
“It was at that point that I raised the alarm, which attracted youths in the area who chased and caught him,” she narrated.
She said her bag containing the money and phone was recovered from the suspect, who was almost beaten to death by a mob before police officers rescued him.
