An
armed robber using a motorcycle met his waterloo at the early hours of
Sunday in the oil-rich city of Warri, Delta State, while trying to
snatch a handbag from a lady.
The incident occurred at Enemejuwa Junction, off Ometan Road, Warri.
The young man was set ablaze by an irate mob.
According to a witness who gave her name as Celina Agbo, the robbers
were about six in number, but luck ran out of one of them after
snatching a bag from her victimThe witnessed said the robber’s legs and
hands were bound and tyres wound round his neck before he was bathed
with premium motor spirit (petrol) and eventually set ablaze, adding
that the remaining five robbers, however, escaped.
Sympathisers were seen at the scene, with some relishing the jungle justice meted out to
the knife-carrying marauder.
Delta State government had, on November 1, banned commercial motorcycles
from plying major roads in Warri, Asaba and other major towns in the
state, owing to high rate of crime by some motorcycle riders.
Residents of the popular town have been groaning under the attendant
effects of the policy, forcing several people to trek kilometres to
their places of work as a result of over 100 per cent hike in intra-city
transportation fares.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta State police
command, DSP Charles Muka, who confirmed the incident to the Nigerian
Tribune, enjoined the public to go about their normal businesses, saying
that the police were on top of the situation..
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