Vendor cries after thieves break wall, cart away 49 oil kegs in midnight raid
An elderly Nigerian vendor was left in tears after thieves broke into her shop in the middle of the night, stealing 44 kegs of palm oil and 5 kegs of groundnut oil worth millions of naira.
The heartbreaking incident was shared on TikTok by user @beaofoodhub, who revealed that the shop belonged to her mother, a vendor dealing in palm oil and groundnut oil.
According to her, the thieves gained access by first breaking into a tailor’s shop before tearing down the wall that connected to her mother’s store.
“They burgled it between Wednesday and Thursday midnight,” she wrote. “They stole 44 kegs of palm oil and 5 kegs of groundnut oil. My mum cried like a baby.”
She further explained that the thief entered through a third street, broke the gate of a church, scaled the wall of an overgrown and vacant compound, then broke into a nearby shop linked to her mother’s.
From there, he accessed her mother’s shop and carted away her goods.
While combing the area, they were able to recover only 8 kegs. “We found his bag placed on the stolen kegs. Seeing my mum cry broke me. But I know God will restore her loss in double folds,” she added.
The matter has been reported to the police, and the family is hoping for a breakthrough in the investigation.
The video has sparked emotional reactions from many users online, with hundreds expressing sympathy and outrage over the incident.
See some reactions below:
Anitram: “why would you rent a shop in a deserted area.”
food stuff in akure: “samehere happened to me.”
Adesewa: “the palm go still dey around if they check around.”
dimejium: “so sorry about this but is theft issue is of increase o….”
demor : “only God can save us, for this country. Imagine from shop too another shop.”
GNF: “Them no no the meaning of what Dey do they no Dey still palmoil make the person life be the same.”
Barbie_tori: “A whole palm oil ? And nobody saw them ?”
Ancestor-Moore1706: “This thing is now getting too much .”
Scope : “44 kegs of palm oil na like 2m+ Cahii .”
Lawlah’s Foodmart (Ikorodu): “Eeyah, so sorry ma. God will restore all her losses in multiple folds.”
Jimmy Money: “This thing is really getting out of hand these days.”
UNISEX VENDOR IN IREE/manique: “It’s now rampant same thing happen to me last month God will catch them.”
Allaja Olori Afooo: “Them no dey steal palm oil and pepper some people don’t no this.”
WATCH VIDEO:
Yesterday I got a call my mums shop was burgled . They burgled it on Wednesday /Thursday Midnight . They stole 44 kegs of palm oil , 5 kegs of groundnut oil . The thief entered through the 3rd street , he broke the gate of a church ,broke the wall of a compound that is empty and bushy ,broke into shop linked to the compound , from there he broke into my mums shop . While searching the environment we were able to see 8 kegs out of 49,000 kegs ,with his bag on the kegs . The thief made my mum cry like a Baby ,seeing my mum cried broke me, But I know GOD in heaven is watching and will return her loss in double folds . We have reported to the police I pray they are able to find the culprit
