Birthday Meat Lands Friends In Trouble In Ondo

Suspects with stolen goat

Two friends and partners in crime were recently arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, operating in Ondo State for stealing a goat.

According to Vanguard, the suspects whose names were given as Seun Agagu and Gbenga Adedipe were said to have confessed to committing the crime.

One of the suspected goat thieves reportedly confessed that they wanted to mark the birthday of his friend with the goat. He disclosed that they (suspects) laid an ambush for the goat in the night, but luck ran out on them following the alarm raised by the owner of the goat after she observed that the goat had gone missing that night.

It was learnt that a search party was quickly conducted, and the missing goat was found at
the place the suspects had kept it with the intention of killing it the next day for the birthday celebration.

Confirming the arrest, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Andrew Igwe Ugwumba, disclosed that the suspects would be charged to court after concluding investigation.