A yet-to-be named car thief was Tuesday nabbed in Abia State Capital, Umuahia.

He reportedly came all the way from Owerri, Imo State, to steal a car in the capital city before he was apprehended.

The thieve was apprehended while trying to steal a Toyota Camry at the popular Okpara Square in Umuahia at about 9:30 a.m.

Luck, however, ran out on him after a dreaded vigilante group in the state – ‘Bakassi boys’, nabbed him, tied him to an iron gate and beat him to stupor before handing him over to the p