The police in Owerri on Friday said a mob killed two
suspected members of a four-man robbery gang, believed to have been
terrorising residents of Spibat area of Akwakuma, Owerri.
The
Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, Mr Vitalis Onugu,
told reporters that the suspects were arrested by members of the
Special Anti-Robbery squad at the state Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) who responded to a distress call.
He said the
two suspects were first arrested by the local vigilance group operating
in Spibat area in Akwakuma and about to be lynched by the mob when the
police arrived at the scene and rescued them.
“Responding to the
call, the anti robbery squad got there and found the suspects already
tied down with tyres around their necks and were about to be burned
alive.
“They were rescued but at the point of death as a result
of machete cuts dealt on them by the angry mob. They died before we
could get them to the hospital.
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