A midnight thief that has been terrorizing Isodje neighborhood has been caught, stripped naked and beaten to a pulp.

Focus Naija can report that the young man simply identified as Igho used a ladder to suppress the barbed wire and gained entrance into the compound using the water tank.

According to reports, he had successfully carried out his operation of tearing nets and was leaving with his loot when one of the phones that he stole fell from him.

It was gathered that the noise of the falling phone woke an occupant in one of the flats who quickly raised an alarm.

Before the suspect could climb the water tank to escape, the occupants caught him and descended on him heavily.

As at the time of filing this report, the suspect has been handed over to community executives that were called to the scene.