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Unexpected Morning Drama: Suspected thief apprehended on my street

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A suspected thief was apprehended on my street this morning. Picture of man being handcuffed/ Source: Pexels I was doing my routine workout when I started hearing unusual sounds outside. Unusual because it sounded like someone being beaten. Then I heard a man narrating how his shop was broken into, and he was saying the apprehended suspect deserves the beating he was getting.  “Na so children wey no dey work anything dey shine pass adults wey dey suffer,” he said bitterly. “I dey see this boy dey waka up and down this street every time and him no dey carry any bag to show say him dey go work or hustle,” he continued. He talked about how the neighbouring community had banished him, probably for similar offences, and this community where he stays now didn’t prevent him from living there. “I been talk am say how we sure say him no go repeat the same thing here?” Then I started hearing other voices. Apparently, people were gathering. I could hear the young man’s voice again, crying and...