Two robbery suspects showed up at crime scene after victim made incantation - Lagos PPRO Hundeyin

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Lagos Command, Benjamin Hundeyin on Saturday narrated how a robbery case he was overseeing got resolved mysteriously after the victim of the robbery made some incantation into the sand in which the robbers stepped on.

Hundeyin said the robbery victim was his friend, and had called him during the week to complain that his construction site was raided and all the materials, including the power generator set stolen.

The victim of the robbery whose name was not disclosed by the Lagos PPRO, said he advised the victim to lodge the complaint at the nearest police station. The victim did and a police officer was assigned to handle the case.

Not long after, the robbery victim called Hundeyin to announce that two persons who confessed to robbing his construction site have been arrested.

Hundeyin said he asked him how? The man narrated that he spoke into the sand upon which the thieves stepped on. That 30 minutes later, two men came to the construction site to announce that they were the ones that cleared the site and had not been paid by the person who gave them the job. He said he delayed them until the police arrived.

What did you speak into the sand, Hundeyin asked. The robbery victim replied: “I said Jesus.”

Here’s the unedited post of the Lagos PPRO.

During the week, an older friend called me. With panic in his voice, he told me how he got to his building under construction and found that all the burglary-proofs, all the wirings, and the big power generator for construction work had all been carted away. Confused, he asked what he could do. I asked him to go to the nearest police station as quickly as possible. He got there, made his statement, visited the scene with the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) and provided all the information requested from him. Like an hour later, he called and was very impatient with the Police. He was not happy that the culprits had not been arrested and his items recovered. He kept reminding me that the stolen items ran into millions of Naira.

Approximately an hour later, he called me and informed me that the thieves had been arrested. With relief and surprise, I asked how that came to be. Here’s where it gets interesting. He said he simply took the sand from the footprint of one of the thieves and said something into the sand.

Brothers and sisters, in less than thirty minutes, two of the thieves showed up asking to see the person that contracted them to pack things from the building overnight because the person hadn’t paid their balance. My friend delayed them, called the IPO and they were arrested. They led the Police to where the items were. All of the items to the last pin were recovered.

So amused, I asked my friend what he said into the sand and with all seriousness, he said he just mentioned ‘Jesus’ into the sand. I don’t know if to believe him. It’s not that I’m doubting the name of Jesus. Of course not. I very well know that at the mention of that name, miracles happen. Still, I want to ask: should I believe him?