A suspected thief has been mysteriously held to a standstill while attempting to siphone diesel from a tipper in Anambra state.
During interrogation in Igbo language, the suspected thief who gave his name as Anayo, a native of Amaji Nze in Anambra claimed to have been sent by an unknown person to siphone the diesel.
Luck however ran out of him when his right hand stucked into the diesel during the act.
Onlookers who made jest of the suspect described his ordeal as African science.
They described the owner of the vehicle as a highly spiritual man.
They averred that he can only secure his freedom after performing traditional rites which includes provision of he-goats, rams, three native chickens and others.