In this stealing of girls’ pants season, an unnamed elderly man has been caught by the residents of Ikeja area of Lagos State allegedly stealing bras and pants from where they were spread.
Some residents, who saw the man collecting the underwear, had accosted him and demanded to know the content of the bag he was carrying, Punch reports.
The man, whose name is yet to be revealed, had reportedly threatened to deal with the people for insulting him, but unmoved by his threat, some youths forced him to open the bag.
According to an eyewitness, Bayo Ojo, when the man finally opened the bag, bras, pants and other clothing items were found in it.
He said, “We were upstairs and all of a sudden, one of us, Tunde, saw a man picking up bras, pants and some clothes that were spread outside.
“When he was done, he looked in different directions to ensure that nobody saw him. As he began walking away with those items, we came down and alerted other residents, who stopped him.
“Rather than being remorseful, the man began threatening that he would deal with us for insulting him.
“When the people asked him to open the bag he was carrying, he bragged that he was going to beat them up. But when the people forced him to open the bag, they were surprised to see bras, pants and clothes in the bag.”
The pant thief was however saved by the arrival of policemen – just as the residents were about to unleash jungle justice.
He was howevevr arrested by the police, who reportedly took him away.
The newspaper recalled that two days earlier, two young men had been nabbed in Lagos for picking up female underwear from where they were spread.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti, however said the incident had not been reported to the police.
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