Nigeria - The Forefront understands that an unidentified phone ‘thief’ was burnt to death at the popular Effurun Roundabout in Uvwie council area of Delta State.
The incident occurred on Sunday at about 7am, The Nation reports.
Witnesses said the suspect snatched a woman’s phone outside the Delta Mall premises and was headed for the bush across the mall, when an angry mob caught him and immediately lynched him.
A wristwatch trader who sells at the roundabout narrated the incident.
“It happened on Sunday morning here. As he was running, the people around pursued and caught him. After seriously beating him, they put a tyre on him and set him on fire. They burnt him near were those buses are parked.
“It was yesterday they removed the body,” the trader who did not disclose his name said.
A man, Chuks Ifeyinwa, corroborated the story. He said he was on his way to church and saw the alleged thief being set ablaze for “stealing a lady’s phone”.
According to The Nation correspondent who visited the scene on tuesday, a bystander simply identified as Mabel claimed to have witnessed a robbery attack on some people who were just returning from a business trip in the same area.
Stating that the area as from 10pm is “a deadly zone,” she called for security operatives to be drafted to the area in order to reduce attacks on unsuspecting persons.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke said he was “not aware,” of the case but promised to “find out,” but was yet to give feedback as at the time of filing this report.
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