Man Who Provided Free Water For People To Fetch Shocked As Neighbour Locks It With Padlock

Man Who Provided Free Water For People To Fetch Shocked As Neighbour Locks It With Padlock

  • A Nigerian man said he provided tap water outside his house so his neighbours could have access to it
  • However, he was surprised that after the first day, one of the neighbours bought a padlock and locked the tap
  • When asked why she locked it, the neighbour said she wanted to control access to the tap water

A Nigerian man has narrated what happened after he provided tap water outside his house for neighbours to fetch.

According to the man, he wanted his neighbours to have access to tap water, but one of them shocked him.

Man provides water for his neighbours.
One of the neighbours locked the tap. Photo credit: X/@Niran_GMH and Getty Images/Peter Buchacher.
Source: UGC

In a story shared on X, the man, @Niran_GMH said he was surprised when he came out one day and found that the tap was locked.

He said he later discovered it was one of the neighbours who locked the tap with a padlock. He asked why the neighbour had to lock the tap, and she said it was to control access to it.

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The story goes:

"I created a tap outside the fence for neighbours to fetch water. On the first day, a neighbor bought padlock to lock the tap. She claimed that she thought it should be regulated. Mind you, she had never spoken to me or anyone in the hse before."

The man said he went ahead to instruct the woman to unlock the tap to allow people to freely fetch water.

The story, which is trending online, surprised many netizens who took to the comment section to air their views.

When asked what he did in reaction, the man said:

"Instructed her to remove the padlock."

See the post below:

Netizens bash neighbour who locked tap

@psychok1tten asked:

"I hope you sha nod her."

@naijama asked:

"And who was going to be in charge of the key?"

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@kemmyjudie said:

"As the water prefect wey she be?"

Lady falls while fetching water

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that a white lady fetching water from a stream fell dangerously into the water while trying to climb out of a sloppy area.

In a dramatic video trending on TikTok, the lady slipped and fell back into the stream with the water on her shoulders.

It is not clear if the video was planned, but the way the lady fell got people reacting and remembering when they used to go to the stream.

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Source: Legit.ng

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