Mob lynch suspected kidnapper in Ilorin

An irate mob on Monday lynched a suspected kidnapper at the Offa Garage end of Ilorin-Offa Road. The mob after lynching the suspect left her burnt corpse on the median of the road near a popular filling station and close to the NURTW motor park.

Sources said the suspect attempedt to kidnap a set of twins in a muslim school within Kikanko area of Ilorin on the pretext that their mother had asked her to take them home.

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.

Source further said 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 and 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, the irate mob ignore the entreaties and burnt her.

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

He noted that the police had rescued people from lynching along the same area who were falsely accused of committing one crime or the other.

He warned residents to stop taking laws into their hands, adding that they should report suspects to the police for necessary action.

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

kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin