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An Angry Mob has set two suspected armed robbers ablaze in Onitsha, Anambra State, Reports.

The Incident occurred near Sokoto Road, Main Market around 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1, 2023

An eyewitnesses in the area said the mob first lynched the suspects before setting them on fire.

"The tricycle operator had dropped a passenger and his goods in the market, and as he was about to move, those boys approached him and attempted to dispossess him of his money before the mob descended on them, lynched them before setting them ablaze,” the witness told newsmen.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident, said the two suspects identified as Omaume and Monday, are members of a notorious armed robbery gang terrorizing Onitsha Main Market.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has condemned the act and reiterated his call for members of the public to always take offenders to the nearest police station for necessary policing actions, particularly the conduct of appropriate investigations,” the PPRO stated.

"The CP has, therefore, ordered a thorough investigation of the incident.

"Meanwhile, preliminary information revealed that the two male suspects, who were later simply identified as Omaume and Monday, are members of a notorious armed robbery gang led by one Itanda (Male), already in the Correctional Service Custodial Centre.

“The gang is alleged to be responsible for several attacks and the dispossession of traders and unsuspecting victims of their personal belongings at the Main Market, Onitsha.”

Xscape1993:
This life....

LeoDeKing:

michlins:
These ones have been sent to God for him to forgive them or judge them accordingly.


In this Buhari times, you decided to steal the sweat and blood of others.

Omo!!!!

lordm:
This is wrong, hand thieves to police. I remember the first time I heard someone was being burnt in my area in Lagos. I cried inside of me

tunjijones:
U no see where to tif, na onitsha main market you go.

No be say I dey support jungle justice ooo but People dey vex, make all tif go find work do...