A suspected motorcycle snatcher was “set ablaze by a mob” along Ibrahim Kashim road in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State, on Tuesday.
According to an eyewitness, the suspect was part of a three-man gang that attempted to snatch a motorcycle from a rider.
The gang stabbed the rider with scissors, and as they tried to escape, one of them fell off.
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An eyewitness, Andrew Tergu, said people “pounced on him dragged him to the main road where they set fire on him.”
The command’s spokesperson, Udeme Edet, confirmed the incident, stating that a police team arrived to find the suspect already “set ablaze.”
She also revealed that the victim “was recently released from a correctional centre, he was said to have been jailed for a similar offence.”
Edet condemned the act of “jungle justice,” stressing that the command “would no longer tolerate such actions.”
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