#Jungle justice: Mob lynches suspected motorcycle thief in Bauchi
EMERGENCY DIGEST- A mob has set ablaze a suspected motorcycle thief in Chinade town in the Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
A source in Chinade said the incident happened on Sunday, adding that the suspect stole the motorcycle at Hardawa Market in Misau LGA of the state.
According to him, the suspect fled with the motorcycle, but was trailed to Chinade town, where he was seized and beaten to a pulp before being set ablaze.
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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the killing in a statement, said investigation was ongoing.
The statement read, “The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, Umar Mamman Sanda, has ordered a thorough investigation into the barbaric and dehumanising act of jungle justice meted out to the suspect by some irate youths in Chinade.
“While reacting to the ugly incident, the CP frowned on the action of the irate youths, who, instead of taking the suspect to the police for proper investigation and prosecution, mobbed him to death for allegedly stealing a motorcycle without any recourse to the law.”
