cover

“I stole plantains to raise N10k for my girlfriend‘s makeup” — Suspect

 

A young man arrested for stealing bunches of plantain in Ebedebiri, Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa, has claimed that he committed the offence because of his girlfriend.

 

According to reports shared by community leaders on Monday, May 24, the suspect was caught and during interrogation by a community leader, Peres Double, the suspect claimed that his girlfriend demanded for the sum of ten thousand naira (N10,000) supposedly to buy make-up and had given him a deadline to get the money.

The suspected thief from Angiama community, said he became so frustrated that he entered people’s farms in the community, harvested their plantains in a bid to sell them and raise money for his girlfriend. The suspect pleaded with the community leadership to forgive him.

 

Oluwasegun Adesuyi

Recent Posts

NCDMB Launches ‘Champions of Nigerian Content Award

The Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with Sweetcrude Limited, publishers of SweetcrudeReports,…

12 hours ago

China’s Baidu releases new AI model to compete with DeepSeek

Chinese internet search giant Baidu released a new artificial intelligence reasoning model Sunday and made…

12 hours ago

NELFUND plans software for students with disabilities

NELFUND new logo By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has said plans are underway…

12 hours ago

Ex-gov Lamido rejects El-Rufai’s call to join SDP

Sule Lamido Former Jigawa State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Sule Lamido, has dismissed…

13 hours ago

Ogun community demands ward delineation

By Taiwo Bankole The Owu community in the Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun State has…

13 hours ago

Police inspector shoots self dead in Ogun

A Nigeria policeman By Uthman Salami A police inspector, Ajele Oloyede, has reportedly died from a…

13 hours ago