Jungle Justice: Suspected kidnapper stoned to death in Lagos

According to reports from PM News, unidentified man suspected to be a kidnapper was stoned to death by an angry mob in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos. The suspect allegedly kidnapped a 4-year old girl at Lagger Street, Alimosho bus stop, Iyana Ipaja. He was brutally beaten and stoned before the police at Gowon Estate Division intervened. The police officers rushed him to Igando General Hospital where he reportedly died because of the injuries he sustained. According to an eye witness, as the suspect was taking the victim away, he was accosted by the residents who knew the girl and asked him where he was taking her to. The witness said when the suspect did not give a satisfactory answer, he was searched and four phone sim cards were found on him and a jackknife. The angry mob suspected him to be a kidnapper and descended on him. A team of policemen who raced to the scene to rescue the suspect was also attacked and injured. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs Ngozi Braide, in a press release on  5 May, said policemen attached to Ipaja Division responded to a distress call at Adefemi Junction, Ipaja, Lagos  and  rescued an alleged kidnapper, Samsondeen Yusuf, who was about to be lynched by a mob. The suspect was seriously injured and is now receiving treatment at Oke-Odo General Hospital. On the same day, a team of policemen attached to Ikotun Division responded to a distress call at Ile-Iwe Bus Stop, Egbe, Lagos over a case of kidnapping. It was reported that the policemen rescued a woman, Chinaya Nancy Okafor, who was stripped naked and was about to be lynched by a mob for allegedly attempting to kidnap a child. Police sources said there was no investigation to determine whether the suspects actually committed the offence. A senior police officer noted that the new trend of jungle justice will  hamper the police from investigating such cases to bring those involved to justice, adding that innocent persons may be killed.

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