ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Two ladies have been apprehended and stripped naked by traders at the popular Awkunanaw Market, Enuvu, Enugu State.
Luck ran against them as they were caught picking people’s pockets in the market.
They were apprehended and handed over to the leadership of the market.
According to an eyewitness, a widow was one of their victims who lamented that they stole her purse with everything in it, including her phone and the money she brought to buy things.
“I saw the widow and she was crying bitterly that they took all that she brought to the market.
“The widow was wearing white, an indication that she was still morning her late husband, but they did not show her mercy. This probably was why they were caught,” a source said.
“I didn’t know that ladies indulge in the business of picking people’s pockets. I thought it is only the men,” laments a market woman at the market.
“They were lucky that they were not lynched but only stripped,” another trader said.
When contacted for comments on the incident, Police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, could not be reached for comment.