Nigerian butcher stole meat from a warehouse after a witchdoctor sold him a charm he claimed would make him invisible

• The person repeatedly visited a warehouse and helped himself to massive slabs of meat
• He believed he was invisible, having been bought charms by a witchdoctor
• When he was found, an offended mob beat him, stripped him bare, and wished to lynch him for practising witchcraft
• He was rescued by police and is now going through trial within the metropolis of Enugu 

By Dave Burke For Mailonline

Revealed: 03:32 EST, 19 November 2016 | Up to date: 05:25 EST, 19 November 2016

A brazen thief repeatedly strolled right into a warehouse and helped himself to massive portions of meat - as a result of a witchdoctor had satisfied him he was invisible.

When he was finally caught, police needed to rescue the person from an offended mob who stripped him bare and beat him earlier than making an attempt to lynch him.

Pondering nobody may see him, after being bought a attraction by a witchdoctor, the butcher saved on visiting the warehouse and stuffed slabs of meat into his sack.

The person repeatedly visited the warehouse, pondering he was invisible, and stuffed massive slabs of meat right into a bag

As a result of he seemed assured, employees thought he was there legitimately and didn't query him - till it emerged that the equal of a number of cows and half a dozen sheep have been lacking.

The subsequent time the thief wandered in, a employee obtained suspicious and questioned him.

However pondering he was invisible, he carried on till the warehouse employee began shouting: 'Cease! Thief!'

The person was stripped bare and crushed by an offended mob which wished to kill him for practising witchcraft 

At this level he was grabbed, crushed and stripped bare and already had a rope round his neck to be lynched earlier than police arrived and rescued him.

He was then taken to a jail within the metropolis of Enugu in south-eastern Nigerian Enugu State the place he's going through expenses of stealing from the warehouse connected to a neighborhood abattoir.

Based on Egwuatu Chukz, who shared the photograph, the Hausa man casually strolled into the warehouse, introduced out a sack and began stuffing massive chunks of meat into it, fully ignoring the very fact that there have been different individuals round.

He stated charms have been discovered across the younger man's leg, which locals additionally believed had been used to make him invisible on earlier events.

In consequence they wished to kill him for practising witchcraft.

Police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu confirmed that an investigation was being carried out.

He added: 'We're investigating and he is because of seem in courtroom shortly.'

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