Close to the location of a baby found dumped in Onitsha on Friday was the badly burnt body of a young man in his late 20s who had boarded
a luxury bus going to Lagos with a view to
robbing other passengers on the way but luck
ran against him as he was searched and a
locally made pistol found on him. The incident according eyewitness accounts
occurred at 9pm on Thursday when the suspect
dressed in a black suit boarded the luxury bus
with other passengers. But when the driver
wanted to move, he asked that a search on
passengers be conducted and it was during the search that a locally made pistol fell off from
the suspect’s pocket. As a result, he was
lynched and burnt by irate youths. Confirming the incident, the Onitsha Police
Area Commander, Mr. Benjamin Wordu said the
policemen discovered the burnt body of the
suspect at the Upper Iweka, adding that he was
a victim of jungle justice. Wordu urged
residents of the commercial city to go about their normal businesses on the ground that the
situation has been brought under control and
investigations were ongoing.
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