A young man who decided to take justice by himself by tying his debtor to a stick in Lagos state has been arrested by the police.
The named Oluchi Okoye aka PACA was arrested by policemen attached to the Denton Police Station for tying his debtor, Reuben Alozie, to a stake over unpaid N4.6m debt and the unwillingness of the debtor to pay anytime soon.
The suspect tied the victim to a stick with ropes at No. 29, Abeokuta Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos from 22nd September to 23rd September when he was eventually rescued by the police.
According to the suspect, he resulted to self help after several efforts to recover his money from the victim failed.
The arrest of the suspect was made possible following a complaint lodged at the station by victim's wife, Angela Reuben who reported that her husband was deprived of his liberty by the suspect who held him hostage.
Meanwhile, the Lagos state Commissioner of Police uses this medium to warn people against taking the law into their own hands instead of taking legal actions to seek justice.
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