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A young man identified as Ikechukwu Anigbo was reportedly
killed and burnt to death over the weekend around a
relaxation centre in Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja.


According to reports, the 32-year-old barber from Aku, Enugu
State took a bike and argument ensued between him and the
motorcycyclist when he paid. The man insisted his money is
N60 instead of N50. It was alleged that attracted his
colleagues to the scene by shouting "thief". The mob gathered
and started beating Ikechukwu after which they set him
ablaze.

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Confirming the tragic incident, Mr. Ezema Virginius
Chukwudike, the taskforce chairman of Abuja Spares Dealers
Association, Apo, said "The mob that gathered following the
alarm collected tyres from a vulcanising workshop near the
scene and set the deceased on fire"


The next day, angry Igbo men in Apo blocked the road and
started attacking any vehicle or Keke Napep with Hausa
person or people who look like Hausa. Fortunately, the police
were able to stop the riot before it escalated.


Speaking to Daily Trust, a friend of the deceased, Chukwudi
Orji said he learnt about Ikechuwu's death when he got home
at about 11p.m.

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"I saw the fire, but I did not know that someone was
inside. There was smoke everywhere; there was no
way you would have known that there was someone in
the fire, except you were there or somebody told you
about it," he said.


"If I had known about it on time, I would have tried to
save him because he was innocent," he added.

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Speaking further, Mr Chukwudike said, "When news of the
incident spread, people became angry. They wondered why the
motocyclists would burn an innocent man. Even the man who
voluntered to carry the corpse after he had been killed, was
chased away"

He said this is not the first time that motorcyclists are killing
someone over a paltry sum of money.


"A similar thing happened in Kabusa, when a boy was
stabbed because of change. Another man was killed
on Wumba road. The same change issue led to the
death of a man in Damagaza. In his case, after he was
killed, they kept him near a river until the next day," he
said.


Chukwudike said the last time such an incident occurred in the
area, the traders protested and that it took the intervention of
riot policemen to bring the situation under control.
"Because the motorcyclists knew what they did, they
boycotted this route from Sunday evening until
policemen were deployed to the area."


Azeez Akinola, Anigbo’s boss at the barbershop, corroborated
Chukwudike story, saying the attitude of motorcyclists in the
area is a cause for concern. Akinola who lives around the area
where the late Anigbo lived, said he and two other people
rushed out of their houses when they received news of the
incident, but that the motorcyclists at Kabusa junction refused
to take them to the scene.


Akinola who had worked with Anigbo for more than four years
in a small barbershop at NEPA Junction, Apo, said it took
them a longtime to find a motorcycle to convey them.

He said when they arrived the scene, they saw several people
with sticks, but that they did not understand the magnitude of
what had happened until someone pointed to the corpse of
Anigbo in the fire.


"I could not believe it. There were heaps of iron treads
from the burnt tyres on his body," Akinola said amidst
tears.


"He was very gentle," Akinola continued." If small
wound touch am, he go treat am for more than one
week. I.K. can’t ride a bicycle, talk less of motorcycle.
Because of fear, he refused to learn driving despite the
fact that they were many people around to teach him,"
he said.


He said the matter was reported at the Apo Police Station,
where he wrote a statement before police officers took the
corpse to a mortuary.


When contacted, the spokesperson of the FCT police
command, ASP Anjuguri Manzah said, "there was an early
morning disagreement between two opposing groups that
could have resulted in a clash but it was averted by the timely
intervention of anti-riot police personnel."


Manzah said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Wilson
Inalegwu, warned people of the area to desist from violence at
the wake of the disagreement and promptly deployed police
officers to the scene. The commissioner assured residents of
the area and other parts of FCT that adequate measures have
been deployed to contain the situation, investigate and unravel
the remote and underlying issues behind the upheaval.


He reiterated that any attempt to jeopardise the existing
peaceful and serene atmosphere in the Federal Capital
Territory will not be tolerated. Though normalcy has returned
to the area, the relative peace enjoyed may not last for long if
a lasting solution is not proffered. Chukwudike said
government should stop motorcyclists from arming
themselves with daggers.


"Why should government allow them to move around
with daggers unchallenged?" he asked.


There are several versions of the incident, while some insist
that the late Anigbo did not commit any crime, some alleged
that he attempted to snatch the motorcycle he rode to the
junction but was overpowered by the motorcyclists. However,
it is hoped that the police through their investigation will be
able to give a clearer picture of what actually transpired.

Source: Daily Trust
Photo credit: G.D/Facebook


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so sad

I somtimes wish i ve a country nd flag of my own

jungle justice should be banned in Nigeria. this is outrageous.

The black mind, very wicked and evil.... nothing reasonable or good ever comes to it, just evil...

My country is bleesing to death

My country is bleeding to death

what a country