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Wednesday 21 September 2011

Alleged Theft: Man Found Dead Half Way in Grave

An unidentified man, in his thirties, was found dead on Sunday, at a grave site, while apparently attempting to rob a corpse in Kazaure, Jigawa State. 

The man was said to be attempting to exhume the corpse, which had been buried earlier on Sunday morning, in an effort to steal some valuables said to have been buried with it.

While making the attempt, the loose earth collapsed, trapping the man as shown in the picture. He died on the spot.


He was found, hours later, dead, but onlookers said it appeared that he had struggled to free himself from the grave site, but could not.


From the injuries sustained on his head, it was apparent that he had hit his head on an object in the grave which, perhaps, made him unable to free himself.


Also, sympathisers said he might have been knocked unconscious, and so could not have been able to shout for help.


Nigerian Tribune investigations could not, however, ascertain how he was related to the corpse, or how he knew what valuables had been buried with it, as his corpse was yet to be claimed at the time of filing this report.

Source: Tribune

27 comments:

1976AD.com said...

Grave robbery is no robbery, but it did not happen because it appeared on the internet first...

Anonymous said...

Who says the dead man was trying to steal from the corpse,how are you sure he wasn't killed by someone else, who saw him trying to steal from the corpse. This is so FALSE!

Ms E said...

omg what is going on?

Anonymous said...

I think it is simply hilarious and serious at same time. God help us...amen!

Anonymous said...

Wonders shall never seize to amaze us.

Tee said...

Hmmm...if only judgment would come this speedily at all times, then perhaps we all would learn to fear...

Anonymous said...

His world caved in on him and he departed into darkness! Talk about vanity.

binaboi said...

serves him ryt

binaboi said...

serves him ryt

sleekreek said...

Instant judgment.....

Anonymous said...

I dont think we should say it erves him right,the truth is the level of suffering in this country is so high that people can do anything for money.Just the other a guy was caught trying to steal money from the tithe box in my church. The suffering in this country is just too much.

Anonymous said...

May his rogged/stubborn soul rest in perfect hell (amen)

Kemiismyrealname said...

Na wa.

Anonymous said...

He deserve it, stupid man.

Anonymous said...

This is sad and funny at the same time.

Bee said...

How do they know he was trying to steal? What if someone killed him and put his body there?

Like geeze sometimes i think people are becoming more stupid daily in naija.

The more you see, the less you understand

Buzzer! said...

There may be more than 1 side to this story - 1) what is he was murdered and placed in this position for it to look like what its looking like now? 2) what if he was actually led here to kill himself by some form of remote control? 3)what if he really needed money and had noone to turn to for help and decided to take something of someone who wouldnt miss it? Something sinister happened here

Anonymous said...

I know that death is serious BUT this is too funny.

The photos just add to the humour.

Anonymous said...

This reminds me of an episode on the show 'A thousand ways to die' where a brother that felt cheated by his dead relative dug the grave to steal his expensive rings but dug too close to the tombstone which eventually fell on him with his face on top of his dead relative. hilarious stuff.instant judgment.
Linda: I have a feeling that you may subconsciously be interested in being an advocate for the helpless. If yes, then I pray you will be guided towards that path of your destiny IJN. Great work, Linda. I so appreciate you and dont worry all things will work out in its season.

Anonymous said...

lets say the dead man avenged himself.

Anonymous said...

Everyday for the thief....

Tunde said...

To Bee,
From the 1st picture,you can clearly see that this man had rolled up his trousers past the knees like you would when you don't want them soiled and about to do some work.Also the muscles on his legs are taut like he struggled to get out before giving up.
Giving the said injury to his head,he would have panicked and run out of air down there.
Conclusion:Story is probably right.
If you point the finger of stupidity to fellow Naijas, don't forget the three fingers pointing at U.

Legendkid said...

This is an insult to womanhood.sorry to those two girls,what on planet earth makes people to fight for men?
How sure is it that they'll do same for you?this is ridiculous.i can't even fathom their mentality.

Anonymous said...

What a pity, serves him right anyway

Ade_Cool said...

Poetic Justice...

Anonymous said...

D dead body grip am!!

mansur said...

Allah knows bestAllah knows best

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