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.”
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