londonrivals:

A social media user has narrated he and his family’s experience with the Alafia Bus stop thieves.

Recall that a photo went viral yesterday of a thief who was mobbed and subsequently burnt by angry Lagosians, the social media user, Harrison who is a presenter narrated the incident which he reported happened not far from his house.

Read his tweets below:

1. Let me share my own side of this lynching story. From where the alleged thief was burnt, to my house is a trekable.

2. It is a notorious bus-stop for phone thieves i.e Alafia, the bus-stop before Orile, if you’re coming from Mile 2.

3. I lost my blood brother to these thieves in January of this year. He was 20, & was coming back from dance rehearsal.

4. He was holding his friend’s Samsung Tab when the thieves approached him & without warning, stabbed him in the neck.

5. His friends didn’t know what happened cus he was at the back. After he was stabbed, he ran towards his friends…

6. And cried for them to help him, that he had been stabbed. Immediately after making that statement, he collapsed.

7. My bro. is huge in size, so it was difficult for his friends to lift him. Even when they did, nobody stopped for …

8. them or offered to take him to a hospital. A good Samaritan bikeman helped and took him to a near by quack hospital.

9. The hospital rejected him. It was a lost cause. So his friends abandoned his lifeless body on the road opposite the

10. hospital. One of them ran 2 my house to call me. I had just come back from d gym, i had only gym pants on, no shirt

11. I did an intense squat programme that day. Mind you, i never do squats in the gym. I flung my phone and ran out as

12. fast as my tired legs could carry me, half naked. I didn’t even know my mum was following me. I got to the hospital

13. and saw my brother’s lifeless body on the floor with dozens of people staring at him like he just landed on earth.

14. I fainted, but some folks revived me and put me on a bike with my bro’s body. They put my mum on another bike.

15. Some of our neigbours who had heard my mum screaming also followed us. It was difficult for the bike to balance cus

16. of my bro’s weight. So our neighbours carried him on their hands to another hospital, which also rejected him on

17. the spot. I heard a medical worker say, eleyi ti ku na, which translates to this one is dead na. I begged for them

18. to check him at least. They refused and told us to go the General hospital. We took off again inside a keke…

19. I was half-naked at the busstop begging bike men, keke & anything on wheels to help lift my brother. None answered

12. Long story cut short, my family is still recovering from the trauma of that night. Sometimes, my mum waits for us

13. to go to bed, before draining herself in her tears. It has been months, but go and see my mum now. She looks frail

14. and has been aging rapidly, thanks to over thinking. When i don’t pick my call, she goes into panic mode. She might

15. never recover. I sent messages to @YomiShogunle and @rrslagos767 and also to @aleeygiwa. @aleeygiwa called back &

16. we spoke for minutes. I complained about that busstop and that we reported to the near by Police station, but they

17. refused to do anything. @aleeygiwa promised to visit and check out the notorious spot himself. I’ve been waiting

18. since January. Now, read carefully. After the murder of my brother, i have heard that close to a dozen people have

19. lost their lives to the same phone thieves at Alafia busstop. I happen to know one. A young and newly married man

12. who had a shop close 2 my street. I have also met people who have escaped these murderers by a whisker. The thieves

21. in Alafia busstop don’t ask for your phone. They stab you and then take it from you. On Saturday, i was preparing

22. to head out for a soccer match when a friend called. He sounded excited, like he just won a lottery. ”Obi, he said

23. i just witnessed the lynching of a thief in the same busstop your brother was murdered.” My mum was close by. so

24. i told her what my pal just told me. This was what she said ” The spirit of Obinna(my brother) will not rest until

25. his killers are dead. I didn’t heed 2 calls to go to a shrine. I know my son can fight for himself, dead or alive”

26. See, it is easy to speak up against lynching when you’ve never been a victim of these fuckers. You don’t have

27. nightmares like my entire family does. You can speak up because you have never ever seen your dad cry like a baby

28. over the death of his son, or your mum continuously deteriorating as a result of over thinking. Praying day & night

29. that she doesn’t loose another child 2 these murderers. I was defending d thief, thinking it was truly a 7 year old

30. It just connected, when i saw the tweets from @YomiShogunle confirming it was the same thief that my friend called

31. about. If i was there, i would have personally bought d fuel used in burning him. The thieves had no plans to stop

32. Hopefully, when the community starts to take matters into their hands and show these retards that we mean business,

33. they might stop making families miserable. And oh, these guys once threw a man off that Alafia bridge for refusing

34. to hand over his phone. I am against lynching by the way. But this particular issue is very personal to me. Thanks


http://www.metronaija.com/2016/11/man-says-7-year-old-alleged-thief.html

LizGray:
Watching a young boy being killed in such horrific way will never bring back your brother.


The murder of that boy was cruel and can never be justified.

midehi2:

LizGray:
Watching a young boy being killed in such horrific way will never bring back your brother.


The murder of that boy was cruel and can never be justified.

eponoloyin:
is that so?
then Goodluck Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan deserves to die with all his cabinet members
PMB should release these looters for Nigerians... no more rule of law

VickyRotex:
Indeed a sad story, but If God is to mark a record of sins, who will stand?

l am speechless watching the video, what a world we live in

Codyt:

The difference? I shall tell you. Their legal system works 98%, ours doesn't. These criminals in the Europe are tried and brought to book. Even sometimes executed.

In another news, our legal system is still crippled by corruption and incompetence. If we are to buy your idea, sooner or later, this criminal will be walking free on the streets of lagos..... Just like you.


And oh.. By the way I'm against jungle justice as well.

Peacetemi:


So burning them is the solution?

Fantastic!

2Pr3cise:
This is not Jungle Justice, this is true Justice!

I'm no fan of jungle justice but you will never understand what true PAIN is, until you experience it - Nagato (Naruto Shippuden) !

This bandits have brought pain to many. It's our job to send them to God for judgment!

veekid:

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yeah I concur; but not like a poor 7 year old boy

kross101:

Tell it to someone that has bn a victim. I abhor theft and anytyn that makes a man cry but I support all solutions including lynching as long as it's done to d ryt person. The police can't protect us so we gotta protect ourselves now.

LizGray:
Watching a young boy being killed in such horrific way will never bring back your brother.


The murder of that boy was cruel and can never be justified.

rhektor:


So what are you?

southniyikaye:
The guys story is really pathetic but two wrongs don't make a right, they could have just handed him over to the police

ayourbamie:
Two wrongs don't make a right.

southniyikaye:
The guys story is really pathetic but two wrongs don't make a right, they could have just handed him over to the police

LizGray:
Watching a young boy being killed in such horrific way will never bring back your brother.


The murder of that boy was cruel and can never be justified.

LizGray:
Watching a young boy being killed in such horrific way will never bring back your brother.


The murder of that boy was cruel and can never be justified.

prettythicksme:
I support jungle justice for those bastards, cos they have no mercy for their victims as well.I can never forget the day i was attacked.God punish dem,kill dem all.

southniyikaye:
The guys story is really pathetic but two wrongs don't make a right, they could have just handed him over to the police

Raziii:
you have watched too much of Hollywood Movie. You reason like a child!

Codyt:

The difference? I shall tell you. Their legal system works 98%, ours doesn't. These criminals in the Europe are tried and brought to book. Even sometimes executed.

In another news, our legal system is still crippled by corruption and incompetence. If we are to buy your idea, sooner or later, this criminal will be walking free on the streets of lagos..... Just like you.


And oh.. By the way I'm against jungle justice as well.

Blonchilli:
Killing a thief doesn't reduce the number of criminals in the world. You're only adding one more