Jungle treatment is bound to
happen as aggrieved youth lynched a motorcycle rider, Francis Uroh, for
allegedly stealing a motorcycle in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of
Ebonyi State.
The deceased, a native of
Amasiri community, had on Saturday conveyed a passenger to Ehugbo community, a
nearby town, when someone raised the alarm that he had seen his stolen
motorcycle, which immediately prompted
the youths of the area to descend on Uroh, beating him to death.
It was gathered that the
victim was hit with various objects.”
The Caretaker Committee
Chairman of the Afikpo North LGA, Chief Oko Enyum, said the youths of Amasiri
had mobilised for reprisal, but for his intervention which averted a “war in
this area.”
Reacting to the development
in a statement, the member representing Afikpo North/South Federal Constituency
in the House Representatives, Iduma Igariwey, condemned the killing.
The federal lawmaker
regretted that the youths took the law into their own hands and blamed them for
not reporting the theft to law enforcement agents.
He said, “The law
enforcement agents should arrest and prosecute the perpetrators; their actions
are barbaric.”
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