Super Eagles Ogenyi Onazi Saves Woman From Attacker in Italy

Super Eagles of Nigeria midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, turned hero in Italy after he chased and caught a thief, who stole a wallet from a female tourist at Rome’s main Termini Rail Station.

The 20-year-old was dining with his brother in the Italian capital, whe he grew suspicious of a nearby boy.

Sure enough, the Nigerian was not misguided in his mistrust.Within seconds the boy had seized the wallet of an unsuspecting tourist and began his escape.

Onazi, chased the thief some 300 metres, finally tackling the thief before returning him and the wallet to the restaurant.

“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 said speaking to Lazio Style Radio.

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.”