#JUNGLE JUSTICE: Youths set two robbery suspects ablaze in Imo
Two suspected robbers were yesterday set ablaze by angry youths along Nkume Junction along Mgbabano-Umuaka Road, Eziama Obaire in Nkwere Local Government Area of Imo State.
The irate youths overpowered the suspected robbers who tried to rob a cyclist.
According to eyewitnesses, the suspects were alleged to have perpetrated their evil acts using motorcycles to rob their victims.
It was gathered that the incident occurred early hours yesterday when four robbers on two motorcycles tried to overpower a commercial motorcycle rider at Nkume Junction by Mgbabano-Umuaka Road, Eziama.
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An eyewitness, Chikezie Nwadike said the suspects whose charred remains were still smouldering when he visited the scene, were members of a notorious gang of four men using motorcycles to operate before luck ran out on them.
He said the alarm raised by the commercial cyclist attracted youths in the area that caught them and immediately set them on fire but two other suspects escaped.
“They arrived on two motorcycles and the two on the passenger seat alighted and suddenly accosted the commercial cyclist trying to snatch his bike.
“He immediately screamed at the sight of a gun but in a swift reaction, irate youths trooped to the scene, chased the thieves and overpowered them,” he said.
The suspects were said to have been beaten to death before they were set ablaze.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Imo State Police Command Michael Abattam said he had not been briefed on the issue, even as he promised to call the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the area where the incident happened for details.
