Housewife Almost Lynched For Stealing Goat In Osun

According to reports, a housewife, identified simply as Suliyat, was almost lynched by an angry mob after she was caught stealing a goat.

Prior to the day she was caught, there had been reports of missing animals in the neighbourhood where she had stolen the black goat.

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 It was learnt that the 30-year-old housewife had successfully stolen the goat and was making her way out of the vicinity when she was accosted. 

Reports had it that residents were about to descend on her when operatives of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrived at the scene and rescued the suspect. 

 In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, Daniel Adigun, the suspect had left her house in Ilobu for the Ayepe area of Osogbo, where she committed the crime.

“On November 9, 2021, a woman named Suliyat, 30, a mother of three, who claimed to be a trader and hails from the Konda area, Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, was caught at Ayepe, Osogbo, where she went to steal a black goat. 

 “While taking the stolen goat out of the community, she was challenged and upon interrogation, she confessed to stealing the animal. 

 “Residents of the area, who were furious about the act, pounced on her but for the intervention of NSCDC personnel, Osun State Command, who rescued her. In her confessional statement, she admitted to the crime.” 

Adigun said that after investigations into the matter has been concluded, the lady will be taken to court.