Nollywood actress Lizzy Gold is under fire for her involvement in apprehending two thieves who stole a girl’s phone during a movie shoot.
As spotted by Quest Times, the actress took to Instagram to share the incident, stating that her Director of Photography and Associate Producer pursued the culprits.
She stated that she joined the chase, leading to the apprehension of the thieves who were then subjected to physical retaliation. The stolen phone was successfully recovered.
“So these thieves stole a girl’s phone, she raised an alarm, and my DOP and associate producer ran after them. I drove after them, and long story short, the thieves were caught and beaten. The girl’s phone was recovered from the thieves,” she wrote.
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This incident follows Lizzy Gold’s previous encounter where her house help absconded with £1000 from her drawer.
She has also highlighted a separate incident involving Peggy Ovire, who confronted a production crew member for allegedly stealing gas cylinders on a movie set.
Criticism has arisen from netizens who argued that the actress should have involved the police rather than taking matters into her own hands. See comments gathered below:
monica4x_9: “I hope this is acting ,y’all really beating a whole human being over a freaking phone .. that’s wild.”
ms__welz_official: “You’re not supposed to take the law into your own hands.”
iammaryjane222: “I know some pple will still come here and write ‘why did they beat them like this’, Why would you even take what’s not yours sef ehnnn!!!”
sweet_blandy10: “Una no get kerosene and tyre?? Asking respectfully.”
rayz_collectionz: “You could have handed them over to the police not to take law into your hands”
iamfredcalistus: “You shouldn’t have posted it here so they won’t come after you, such thieves loves revenge”
elninofrancescc: “Your government dy steal billions you no post am, even steal from the poor and you no post am,they’ve made so many peoples life miserable in one way or the other and you no still post am. Now see how fast you’re in posting someone who stole iPhone. After una don beat them finish una go find work for them? Make sure say you use the speed wey you take chase them take find something doing for them.”