Residents of Gberigbe, Ikorodu, Lagos used
smoke to chase out a man whose gang had
always terrorized Jabe, a community at
Gberigbe mainly on Sundays.
Determined to catch the thieves, who ran into
the bush after stealing cell phones and other
valuables, members of the
community yesterday set the bush on fire and
smoked out one of them, the others
unfortunately escaped.
According to an eyewitness the man and his
gang were said to have scaled the fence of a
compound, destroyed the burglary proof in
one of the windows through which they
entered a house unfortunately for the
intruders, the owner of the house saw them
and sent a message to her neighbour, who in
turn alerted other members of the community.
Noticing that they were surrounded, the
thieves jumped out through the fence and ran
into a nearby bush.
Fortunately, the fire drove him into the arms
of the community members who nearly
lynched him but for the response of a team of
policemen from Ijede Division, who showed up
and took him away.
Vanguard
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