Victims of mob actions by religious fanatics die in vain in Nigeria as security and the government hardly bring perpetuators of jungle justice to book, DEJI LAMBO writes
The Bayelsa State Police Command said it has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Opuofoni Freeborn Ebimotimi, a first-class graduate from the
An alarm was raised, which forced an angry mob to pounce on Ebimotimi. A first-class graduate of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, Opuofoni Freeborn Ebimotimi, has been beaten to death by a mob in Bayelsa State for allegedly stealing bread. Sources tell Naija247news that the graduate was killed in the early hours |
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the lynching of a 32-year-old man, Ebimotimi Freeborn, accused of stealing bread along the Tombia-Amassoma Road, in the Yenagoa area of the state.
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