Lady Confused as Thieves Steal Her Shawarma in Lagos State: "They Left My Phone"

Lady Confused as Thieves Steal Her Shawarma in Lagos State: "They Left My Phone"

  • A Nigerian lady has cried out bitterly on social media after going through an annoying experience in Lagos state
  • In a now-viral tweet, the young lady took her time to narrate what had happened to her, leaving netizens in stitches
  • Commenting on the story, a Nigerian lady based in Lagos, Chima Oluchi, lamented over the rate of theft in Lagos

A young lady caught the attention of social media users after expressing her frustration with Lagos streets.

Her bizarre encounter with thieves left her bewildered and amused, as she recounted the strange events on a popular microblogging platform.

Lady confused as thieves steal her shawarma, leave phone.
Lady shares how thieves made away with her shawarma. Photo credit: @SpinesandZee28/X, Issam azar / Getty Images.
Source: Twitter

Lady shares her encounter with thieves

Identified as @spinesandzee28 on X, the lady shared her story, which quickly gained attention and sparked reactions from social media users.

According to her story, she had gone about her day unaware that her belongings were being tampered with.

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It was only later that she discovered something unexpected had gone missing from her bag.

What made the situation even more surprising was that her mobile phone, often the main target during such incidents, had been left untouched, while her shawarma was stolen.

She captioned the post:

"Lagos is a wild place, mehn, they left my phone and stole my shawarma from my bag."
Lady in Lagos narrates how thieves stole her shawarma from her bag and left her phone.
Lady reacts as thieves in Lagos state 'disappear' with her shawarma. Photo credit: @SpinesandZee28/X.
Source: Twitter

Commenting on the story, a Nigerian lady based in Lagos, Chima Oluchi, lamented over the rate of theft in Lagos.

"It's not up to three years I moved her and my phone has already been stolen two times. And those two times happened on my way to work. They steal too much here honestly," she said.

Reactions as lady laments over stolen shawarma

Nigerians stormed the comments section to react to the post.

Obisaja said:

"That’s to tell you we don’t have thieves in lagos just hungry people."

Mazi 1 said:

"Why u crying u get luck say na shawarma not phone."

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Foluswago reacted:

"If they left the shawarma and took the phone, you wouldn’t have had the stomach to eat it."

Jessica said:

"They steal your phone, wahala. Them no steal your phone buy steal your food wahala. Can the price of shawarma replace your phone? Omo dance o."

Folarin reacted:

"Thank God for your “Torch Light. You will now see Shawarma at the end of of tunnel. FM & FB."

Chynwa said:

"Which do you prefer, is it losing your Shawarma or losing your phone? Talk fast."

A boogie said:

"If your phone was stolen, you wouldn’t be making this tweet. It’s a good things it’s just shawarma."

Oneno said:

"Instead make you dey celebrate, you dey call them weird. Someone stole my earpiece but left my phone, and even now I'm still grateful."

Molaaaea said:

"You can track phone, but can you track shawarma???"

See the post below:

Lady sheds tears over theft

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Chinese national residing in Nigeria turned to netizens for help over an issue with her Nigerian nanny, whose services she has since disengaged.

Amid tears, the Chinese lady narrated how her former nanny stole from her, refused to own up to the crime and also hit her.

Source: Legit.ng

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Ankrah Shalom (Human-Interest editor) Shalom Ankrah is a journalist and a Human Interest Editor at Legit.ng with over six years of experience. She has a degree in Mass communication from Alex Ekwueme University. Shalom has worked with reputable news organizations including The Tide and GistReel. Email: ankrah.shalom@corp.legit.ng.