SUPER EAGLES PLAYMAKER ONAZI TURNS VIGILANTE CHASES DOWN THIEF AND......

 
Super Eagles of Nigeria midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, turned hero in Italy after he chased and caught a mugger, who stole a wallet from a female tourist at Rome’s main Termini Rail Station.
Onazi, who plays for Italian Serie A side, Lazio said of the incident, “I saw a boy and immediately felt due to his suspicious behaviour that he wanted to steal something.

“I didn’t even have time to tell my brother that he had already snatched the tourist’s wallet and run off. I noticed it, so I ran after him, but stayed on the other side of the street. I ran for 300 metres, the mugger left the wallet under a car, but I saw him. I chased him down and brought him back to the restaurant, avoiding the ire of the people around there.”

Onazi, a hero in Nigeria after helping the Super Eagles to victory at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) earlier in the year, further told Lazio Style Radio that he asked “the restaurant owner to call the police and we brought the wallet back to the lady. She was in tears and thanked me, as the wallet was full of money.”