Mob sets suspected thief ablaze in Akwa Ibom

Irate youths successful Ikpe Ikot Akpan village, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, successful aboriginal hours of Wednesday, burnt to decease an unidentified antheral suspected to beryllium a thief.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this successful a connection successful Uyo, said the bid has begun probe into the substance with the purpose of bringing the perpetrators of the mob enactment to book.

She said the incidental occurred astatine astir 7:05 a.m., pursuing an allegation that the deceased had attempted to bargain a motorcycle belonging to 1 Idoroenyin Udo.

According to her, ”Preliminary probe revealed that the motorcycle proprietor allegedly resisted the attempted theft and raised an alarm, prompting immoderate persons successful the country to prosecute and apprehend the suspect.

“Instead of handing him implicit to the Police for due investigation, immoderate members of the mob allegedly took the instrumentality into their ain hands, assaulted the fishy and subsequently acceptable him ablaze, resulting successful his death.”

The bid spokesperson said operatives person intensified efforts to identify, way down and apprehension each persons progressive successful the act, adding that anyone recovered culpable volition beryllium brought to justness successful accordance with the law.

The connection added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, has condemned the incidental and warned members of the nationalist against jungle justness successful immoderate form.

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