Woman steals neighbour’s dogs to prepare pepper soup

A 28-year old woman, Helen Essien, has been arrested for stealing her neighbour’s dogs to prepare pepper soup in her pepper soup joint in Ajao Estate, Lagos State. She has also been charged before Oshodi Magistrates’ Court for the crime.

The mother of three from Akwa Ibom State reportedly went to Andrew Ozo’s house at Aimasiko Street, off Afariogun Street, Oshodi, Lagos and asked him to sell his three dogs to her but he refused.

Ozo said he woke up the next morning and found that his dogs were missing. He said he dashed straight to Essien’s joint and found her and her workers busy preparing dog pepper soup. He then reported the case to Makinde Police Division.

Essien admitted that she went to Ozo’s house to check the dogs, but denied stealing them.
According to her, she went to Ozo’s house because her dogs were missing but she pretended that she wanted to buy his dogs in order to check if they were her own.

PM News reported that Essien pleaded not guilty in court and was granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum. Although the presiding Magistrate, Justice A.A. Fashola, ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Lagos, till she fulfilled her bail conditions. The case was adjourned till 21 October.