This is a reflection of what the society has found itself in – Nigerian journalist says as he narrates how thief broke into his house, ate leftovers and stole food items

Nigerian journalist Salim Umar Ibrahim, who works with Daily Trust, shared how a suspected thief broke into his home and stole all the food items.

In a Facebook post over the weekend, Salim revealed that the thief ignored valuable items in the house, only taking some metal objects along with the food.

He also noted that the thief ate some leftover food before leaving.

“Today, I woke up to a stealing activity, all the food stuff in my house was taken away. From the 25kg bag of rice which not even a quarter was used to Spaghetti, Macaroni, seasoning and vegetable oil was emptied,” he wrote. 

But, whoever the thief was, is a hungry fellow because even the remnants of cooked food left by my son last night were eaten.

Nothing else was taken beside food stuff except some metal objects – my car’s some replaced brake discs, worn out brake pads and other metals that can weigh in reasonable kilograms to fetch him some money.

Alhamdulillah, I felt at ease when one of my brother’s wedding boxes (brand new), more than half of the textile materials bought to fill the boxes were spared. And these items were not far away from the food stuff.

Also, my cooking gas cylinder which was beside the vegetable oil he emptied was spared because i believe it was too heavy for him to move easily as it was refilled just yesterday.

NOTE: This is a reflection of what the society has found itself in. Everybody is hungry!