Two people on Wednesday were killed by an irate mob in the Mushin area of Lagos State over suspicion of involvement in kidnappings and ritual killings.
It was learnt that while one was butchered and set ablaze on the road, the other, who had been beaten to a stupor, died at the police station after rescue.
The incident happened at Challenge bus stop, Mushin.
It was gathered that the lynching of the two suspects in Mushin started after a vulcaniser sighted a ‘mad’ man discussing with another person in a tunnel at the Challenge bus stop around 6am.
The vulcaniser was said to have raised the alarm as residents gathered around the scene.
However, only the ‘mad’ man was seen, as his interlocutor had fled.
The ‘mad’ man, who was tortured by the residents, allegedly confessed that his gang had been operating in the tunnel for the past three months.
Some members of the Oodua People’s Congress were said to have led a search team into the tunnel and found hundreds of syringes. The tunnel reportedly linked different parts of the community.
When Punch visited the scene, some of the syringes allegedly used by the suspects were seen on the ground.
A resident, Mr. Sulaiman Adio, said the ‘mad’ man disguised as a woman when he was first sighted by the vulcaniser.
He said, “When the youths of the community tore his clothes, they discovered that he was actually a man. He was wearing a woman’s bra and wig to disguise. The discovery came to us as a surprise and the policemen came and took him to their station at Olosan.”
It was learnt that the police, after rescuing the suspect, smoked the tunnel around 6.15am and a suspected ritual killer came out.
He was reportedly hijacked by the youths, beaten and set ablaze.
The mob was later dispersed by some soldiers.
from Punch
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