A suspected female kidnapper accused of abducting eight children was on
Friday morning along Emir Road, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, lynched by a mob.
The mob descended on the middle-aged woman, beat her, tore her clothes
and striped her naked.
Officers of the state police command had to disperse the mob with
teargas to prevent the suspect from being set ablaze.
The incident caused traffic gridlock along the road, as motorists
passing through the area could not access the road while the incident lasted.
A team of policemen who came with two Toyota Hilux vans had a difficult
time controlling the angry mob, most of who were with stones and different
kinds of objects, intent on lynching the suspect, who was by then lying in the
middle of the road.
The situation caused panic in the area as people scampered for safety,
shop owners were seen packing their wares and locking up their shops.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state police command,
Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident, but said the suspect died on the way to
the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), where she was being taken to
for medical treatment.
He also said that seven people involved in the attack had been arrested.
I hate jungle justice, it doesn't pay. That woman may be innocent and can anybody come out and make a useful statement that the lady was a kidnapper? I hate jungle justice that was how uniport students died in Aluu and now investigation has revealed that they are innocent.
ReplyDeleteYea! JJ is bad,but so is CJ (civil justice) JJ stinks of ignorance & CJ stinks of corruption, u cannot be sure of d police report that d woman had died,all it tks is a promise of financial enticement from ritualist big shots d woman is labouring 4 & d police will perform their favorite magic 'abracadabra'
ReplyDeleteIt is better to free a criminal than to kill an innocent person. There is no justification for JJ. Remember the Aluu 4.
DeleteDat serves her right, and a lesson to many others out there.
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