What was meant to be a peaceful online prayer session in London turned into drama after Pastor Isaac Anderson, a Ghanaian preacher, was robbed live on Facebook.
The pastor was streaming on Hoe Street, Walthamstow, around 6.30am when two cyclists wearing balaclavas suddenly targeted him.
At the time, he was fully focused on delivering his message and had no idea danger was approaching.
A nearby bus driver tried to warn him by sounding the horn several times, but before he could react, one of the masked men snatched the iPhone 16 Pro Max straight out of his hand.
Unknown to the robbers, the phone was still recording everything live on social media.
“Hey JP, he’s on Tiktok. He’s on TikTok live bro… No fam. How do I end it? It’s on Facebook,” one thief was heard saying in the video.
“Oh s***,” the other muttered quickly as he tried to cover his face before the live stream ended.
Later, Apostle Anderson described how shocking the experience was.
“All of the sudden, someone from behind on a bike just came and snatched my phone from my hands [an] iPhone 16 pro max. It’s not easy. All my information was on it,” he said.
He also advised people to always watch their surroundings.
“You have to be very careful when you’re going through your daily activities. Be careful about your phones and your important stuff – be careful, be careful, be careful.
“Thieves, burglars, and robbers are everywhere. This is London… you don’t know the people that are around you that will come and hurt you.”
This incident comes as London faces a surge in mobile phone thefts. Reports say over 70,000 devices were stolen on the city’s streets in 2024.
Watch the video here…
Ghanaian UK-based pastor, Apostle Isaac Anderson, had his iPhone 16 Pro Max snatched from his hand on the streets of London while walking by the roadside and leading prayers in a Facebook Live session with his church members. pic.twitter.com/lpVWck8Qkr
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