Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- A CCTV footage posted on Facebook showed the moment thieves stole a car battery in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The footage from a hospital surveillance camera was posted on Facebook on 3 February by the car owner, Koko Udonquak, a journalist in Uyo.

Mr Udonquak stated in his post that he visited the hospital, which is at Edet Akpan Avenue (Four-lane), to have his son examined because his temperature had gone up, and that he parked his car by the roadside, near the hospital, since there was no more space at the hospital's car park.

The CCTV footage shows a car pulled over in front of Mr Udonquak's black-coloured Toyota Camry. A man wearing a red top quickly stepped out from the front passenger seat, put his hand beneath the...