A popular dog pepper soup seller in Lagos, Success Akpan, is presently cooling his heels in a police cell after he was arrested by police detectives from the Idimu Division, Lagos State, after a stolen dog was traced to his pepper soup pot, which he was already dishing to his customers.
According to reports, the incident happened at Olorunsogo Street, Ejigbo area of Lagos, where Akpan operates a popular peper soup joint.
However, after the Akwa Ibom State born Akpan was arrested, he allegedly told the police that he bought the dog for N12,000 from a seller, who was later identified as Abu, adding that he did not know that the dog was stolen.
The Post gathered that Abu stole the dog, said to be owned by a tenant in his mother’s house in Idimu, who he claimed refused to pay his house rent.
Abu allegedly stole the dog and sold to Akpan who was later arrested after words of the theft got to the police. He was detained by the Police and told to bring the dog back.
Abu was said to have confessed to the crime and later took the police to Akpan’s shop. But before they got there, Akpan had already killed the dog and used the meat to prepare pepper soup.
