Sad moment as thief and two men who chased him drowned after jumping into a river (Watch)

Report coming in from Nigeria indicates that a suspected thief who was given a hot chase by two men plunged into a river and was never to be seen again.

Worst, the two men who pursued him also drowned as of press time, they have not been found dead or alive. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday afternoon, October 2, as the two men pursued the thief, who later jumped into the Amilengbe river to escape being caught.

An account given by an eyewitness to the Nigerian Tribune recalled that it was the shout of thief!’, ‘thief!!’ that drew the attention of some of the people who gathered at a welder shop close to the river.

“Suddenly, the alleged thief jumped into the river and started swimming before the two people that were chasing him jumped after him. But after a while, we didn’t see any trace of them again. We became agitated after more than 30 minutes before we decided to inform officials of the State Fire service for help.”

The HOD, Media and Publicity, Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, confirmed the incident saying;

“We learnt the suspect stole from those Igbo traders around Amilengbe and jumped into the river when he got to the bridge. But up till now after several hours of search, we have not seen any of their traces whether they are dead or alive.”

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