An angry mob on Friday lynched two suspected phone snatchers in Jenta Adamu, a community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, an incident said to have occurred at about 9. 20 am
Penpushing reports that source in the community who confirmed the incident to journalists insisted that that two suspects were phone snatchers who, had earlier in the morning, snatched a phone in the area and killed the owner.
“The suspects had around 5:30 a.m. attacked a member of the community and killed him. Upon hearing the gunshots by the suspects, youths in their numbers mobilised, arrested and took them to the riverside where they placed tyres on them and burned them to death’, the source added
Penpushing further reports that the Plateau State Police Command Public Relations Alabo Alfred confirmed the development but did not give the number of the victims, adding that upon intensifying investigation into the incident, two locally fabricated pistols, believed to belong to the unidentified gang he referred to as cult members, were recovered from the scene
‘The report, which was received through a distress call from a concerned citizen of Jenta Adamu, stated that at approximately 09:20 a.m., a group of yet-to-be-identified cult members had invaded their community and were attempting to rob law-abiding citizens of their belongings’, he said.
‘In response to the call, the Plateau State Commissioner of Police immediately ordered the Divisional Police Officer, “A” Division Jos, to deploy police officers and detectives to the scene and begin an investigation into the matter’, Alfred added.
“Upon arrival, our team discovered that an angry mob had taken matters into their own hands and pursued the invaders mobbed them and set them ablaze. The police, in collaboration with the leadership of Jos North Local Government Area, have evacuated the burnt bodies from the scene and deposited them at the hospital morgue.
‘Upon intensifying our investigation into the incident, two locally fabricated pistols, believed to belong to the unidentified cult members, were recovered from the scene’, the police spokesperson explained in a statement.
Penpushing also reports that the command, however, appealed that whenever suspects are arrested, they should be handed over to the relevant security agency, to ensure that justice is served in accordance with the provisions of the law, warning that any person or group of persons caught executing Jungle Justice would be dealt with in accordance with the law.
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