A mob has lynched two men at Nyon, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue State capital, after accusing them of being thieves.
The
suspects were burnt to ashes after they allegedly attempted to rob their victim
of his motorcycle in Nyon layout at about 1am on Friday April 19
Witnesses
said the suspects were nabbed and lynched after the commercial motorcyclist
raised an alarm while the two were allegedly struggling to snatch his bike from
him.
According
to the witnesses, the commercial motorcyclist had told the mob who came to his
rescue that he picked the two passengers (suspects) from Katsina Ala street in
High Level area of Makurdi town and that they told him (cyclist) to ride them
to Nyon, a sub urban area of Makurdi.
But
on getting to Nyon, they (suspects) directed him into a street, which he
followed and that since it was too late into the night, when he got to a point,
he told his passengers to pay him so he could get back
“The
suspects however insisted they don’t have money on them and that they will get
the money from the house on getting home. While he made to go, they grabbed him
and requested that he gave them his motorcycle key. As he refused to hand them
the keys, they started struggling with him and luck ran out on them when he
raised an alarm,” the witnesses nar
The
witness further noted that the alarm raised by the cyclist drew the attention
of a mob, mostly youths who came out in their numbers and gave the suspected
bike robbers a good chase and caught them before they could escape.
"It
was the youths who beat the suspects to a pulp before setting them ablaze
because the incidences of motorcycle snatching had become a recurrent event
especially in Makurdi metropolis,” he said.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident to journalists on Saturday, adding that some officers had been detailed to the community to find out what actually happened.
The
PPRO urged the public to desist from taking laws into their hands.
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