Angry youths set 2 suspected robbers ablaze in Edo

BARELY 48 hours after a
community leader in Igarra, Akoko Edo
Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr.
Aigboje Emah, petitioned the Edo State
Police Commissioner and the State
Security Services, SSS, over the activities
of a notorious armed robber in the area,
angry youths of the area apprehended
the suspect and one Toyin Opashi and
set the duo ablaze after they were
beaten to a pulp.
The two suspects, Lamidi Sanni and
Toyin Opashi, met their untimely death
when the youths apprehended them
after they allegedly attacked a house in
the community and inflicted machete
cuts on their victim.
It was also alleged that the suspects had
few days earlier attacked a church in the
community but were granted bail by the
police in Igarra after the police claimed
lack of evidence to prosecute them.
The suspects were said to have attacked
a house in the area and inflicted
machete cuts on their victim for trying to
resist them. A son of their victim was
said to have chased the suspects after
the attack on his mother.
Vigilant youths in the community
assisted in apprehending the suspects.
However, after allegedly confessing to
the crime and several others they
committed in Auchi, Okenne in Kogi
State, the youths dragged the suspects
to the outskirt of the town and set them
on fire.
Meanwhile, in the petition, the
community lamented the activities of
Lamidi and appealed to the police to take
action on the issue. The petition alleged
that Lamidi had gone in and out of
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