The farm owner quickly alerted the village vigilante group, but the suspect managed to flee before his arrest.
A Nigerian man identified as Myom has been apprehended.
This comes after she was caught stealing yams from farms in Tse Dugwer village in Benue State.
According to reports, Myom was first spotted on Sunday night uprooting yams from a farm estimated to be about 40 heaps.
The farm owner quickly alerted the village vigilante group, but the suspect managed to flee before his arrest.
However, luck ran out for him in the early hours of Monday morning, October 21, when he was caught red-handed committing the same act on another person’s farm.
Some of the stolen yams were reportedly recovered from a buyer.
The suspect is now in custody as investigations continue.