Man helps to overpower 2 robbery suspects by faking an asthma attack

Ayodele Johnson 23:12 - 17 March 2019

By pretending to be experiencing an asthma attack, a traveler was able to save him and his group from suspected thieves who operated without using a gun [The Independent]

<strong>A man has shared how deep he had to dig in order to repossess personal belongings stolen from him and a group of travelers during a trip from Imo to Rivers State.</strong>

According to a post by Instablog9ja on Sunday, there were two suspected thieves involved. They reportedly dragged the steering of a vehicle from its driver and then turned off the engine.

It was the act that would precede the collection of their phones and a camera belonging to the narrator who employed trickery to fake an asthma attack.

"And when they overpowered him (driver), they told everybody to lie down. took all my phones and my camera and that of my colleague, and our money, so when they were about leaving, I started acting like an asthmatic person, and was crying out for my inhaler.

"So when they saw me like I was dying, they were confused and at that process we knew they had no gun, so I quickly grabbed one of them while the other guy grab the other thief and the girls and driver joined," his account about the incident revealed.

The police was invited to the scene after a motorist who showed up after made the call. And for this, the narrator was thankful to law enforcement for being professional.