I
thought jungle treatment is now an offence in Nigeria or is it just in Lagos? I don’t understand this act is betond brutal!
A suspected armed robber
has been burnt to death just a few days after a similar incident occurred at
Emede community in Isoko South Council Area of Delta State.
The incident happened
during the early hours of Wednesday at Isoko quarters along Enerhen road in the
Uvwie Council area of the state.
Wednesday’s incident brings
to five, the number of suspected hoodlums to have been set ablaze in the last
three weeks in the state.
The victim was said to be
in his early twenties and a bus conductor.
He was alleged to be a
member of a five-man armed robbery gang terrorising residents of the area.
Eyewitnesses said that the
mob apprehended him after his gang had successfully snatched a commercial bus
belonging to a police officer along Enerhen/Udu road of Uvwie.
The suspect was apprehended
when he reappeared in the area.
He was said to have been
stoned to a state of coma before he was set ablaze by the mob.
Information has it that
about seven youths suspected to be members of the mob were later arrested by
officers from the Enerhen Police Division.
The Public Relations
Officer of the Delta State Police Command, SP Celestina Kalu, said she had not
been briefed on the incident. She promised to investigate and get back to our
correspondent.
She has not called back as
of the time of filing this report
Not surprise, lawless country
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