A thief was seen dancing to save his own life as others cheer him on in what they called a ‘dance of shame‘.
In a viral video, a middle-aged man was seen dancing with a battered face and a look of great fear.
In the past few months, asking nabbed thieves to dance has taken over the gruesome act of jungle justice
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This one no be money dance, na thief dance
The voice of a hypeman was heard in the background stating the reason why the thief was dancing while some other people gave his words a beat.
This formed a rhythm for the fearful man to move along to and he danced passionately.
The hypeman’s words contained a warning to everyone who ventures to follow in the footsteps of the dancing thief– “If you steal, you go dance o”
One can only hope that beyond having fun and watching him dance, the point was driven home.
Netizens took to the comment section to express their thoughts
Halimatusadiya: “This one no be happiness dance o…na sadness dance steal and dance olodo.”
aem5131: “I thought he was gonna keep dancing and moving backwards then sprint away.”
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For Stealing N57,000 from a Nurse, Vulcaniser to Die by Hanging
In other news, Chidozie Onyinchiz, a 32-year-old vulcaniser from Lagos has been sentenced to death by the Ikeja Special Offences Court led by Justice Mojisola Dada on Tuesday.
The vulcaniser will be hanged for robbing a nurse of 57,000, as well as engaging in other forms of armed robbery.
According to Punch Newspaper, all efforts from the convict to escape the charges proved futile.