Mob sets bike ‘thief’ ablaze

A suspected motorcycle thief has been burnt to death by a mob in Gawu village in Kwaku Ward in Kuje Area Council of the FCT. A witness said the incident happened on Sunday around 5pm after the victim allegedly stole a motorcycle in the village market. He said that the suspect and his accomplice (at […]

A suspected motorcycle thief has been burnt to death by a mob in Gawu village in Kwaku Ward in Kuje Area Council of the FCT.

A witness said the incident happened on Sunday around 5pm after the victim allegedly stole a motorcycle in the village market.

He said that the suspect and his accomplice (at large) went to a drinking joint and removed a motorcycle where it was parked and zoomed off, adding that the owner, who sighted them, raised the alarm.

He further said, “After the owner raised the alarm, a mob chased them and one of them was apprehended and set ablaze while the other escaped.”

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The spokeswoman of the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, could not be reached for comment on the incident.