Suspected phone thief set ablaze in Plateau

A suspected telephone thief was connected Tuesday day successful Apata community, Jos North section authorities country of Plateau authorities acceptable ablaze by a mob.

A root explained that the suspect, who is believed to beryllium armed, had allegedly snatched a telephone astatine gunpoint earlier helium was aboriginal apprehended by the residents.

The thief, the root further explained is simply a young antheral who collected someone’s telephone successful the afternoon, fired a changeable into the aerial successful bid to scare radical distant from apprehending him.

He said that a mob rapidly gathered erstwhile they discovered that helium was struggling with his gun, chased him, caught him and acceptable him ablaze earlier information operatives could get astatine the scene.

The Police Public Relations Officer successful the state, Alabo Alfred, could not beryllium reached for comments.

Suspected telephone thief acceptable ablaze successful Plateau