Mob sets female kidnapper ablaze in Kwara

A suspected female kidnapper was lynched and set ablaze yesterday by a mob‎  at Offa garage end of Ilorin-Offa Road, Kwara State. The mob, according to witnesses, after lynching the suspect left her burnt corpse on the road near a popular petrol station and close to the NURTW motor park. Sources said the suspect attempted […]

A suspected female kidnapper was lynched and set ablaze yesterday by a mob‎  at Offa garage end of Ilorin-Offa Road, Kwara State.

The mob, according to witnesses, after lynching the suspect left her burnt corpse on the road near a popular petrol station and close to the NURTW motor park.

Sources said the suspect attempted to kidnap a set of twins‎ from a school within Kilanlo area of Ilorin on the pretext that their mother had asked her to take custody of the babies.

They added that when the mother of the twins was contacted she denied sending anyone to bring home the children.

She was said to have rushed to the school, screaming that she never sent anybody.

Sources said further that people who heard the lamentation of the mother followed her and pounced on the suspect, dragged her along to the road to the Offa Garage end of the Ilorin-Offa road set her ablaze.

Though some concerned people were said to have made frantic efforts to plead with the mob to allow the suspect be taken to a police station, their entreaties were ignored as they burnt the suspect.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed that the suspect was set ablaze before the arrival of the police.

He also said three people have been arrested in connection with the lynching, adding that police had commenced investigations into the matter.