Nigerians on Twitter teach KOT how to deal with petty thieves
Kenyans on Twitter over the weekend applauded their Nigerian counterparts after a tweep posted a picture showing how they had dealt with a petty thief in the west African country.
The post shared by @Manlike_ED captured a man knee deep in sewer water with a shovel in hand.
According to @Manlike_ED the man in the pictures had been ordered by residents to clean up gutters as punishment.
This was deemed a better punishment that setting him ablaze with a tyre around his neck.
“Instead of setting him ablaze with a tyre around his neck, residents gave this petty thief a shovel to clean up gutters as his punishment stealing. They even bought him pure water o, lol. See community service,” tweeted @Manlike_ED.
Kenyans on Twitter quickly joined the conversation.
“This is much more acceptable than jungle justice,” said @AdelMarcus.
“Yeah. I wish most of our communities behaved more in this manner towards petty thieves,” wrote @Weatherman.
“Anyone that brought this idea deserves some accolade. We must not take unnecessary decision into our hands,” commented @osynachi.
“Highly commendable however he should be handed over to police for further investigation and punishment,” stated @EthelMoses.
“Better than jungle Justice but this should continue for a week, he should have a bed space in police cell and do community service by day,” added @emmanuelAtoshi.
Instead of setting him ablaze with a tyre around his neck, residents gave this petty thief a shovel to clean up gutters as his punishment stealing.
They even bought him pure water o, lol.
See community service ? pic.twitter.com/15oRbj4PSY
— The Mouth That Eats Salt & Pepper ? (@Manlike_ED) May 24, 2019