Rescued armed robber dies of complications from mob attack – Police
Mr Oluwasola was captured by the students and beaten to stupor while other gang members fled the scene of the robbery .
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The Police Command in Ekiti on Monday, said a suspected armed robber, Sunday Oluwasola, who was rescued from a mob attack had died of complications in the hospital.
The command in a statement by its spokeperson, Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Mr Oluwasola allegedly belonged to an armed robbery gang that attacked a students’ hostel opposite Ekiti State University (EKSU) in Iworoko-Ekiti.
According to him, Mr Oluwasola “was captured by the students and beaten to stupor while his other gang members fled the scene of the robbery”.
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Published 15 June 2021
The Ekiti State Police Command said on Monday that a suspected armed robber, Sunday Oluwasola, who was captured and beaten to a state of stupor by irate students on Sunday, died in the hospital.
The Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, said the suspected robber was rescued from the students by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad and taken to hospital, where he died on Monday.
The CP said in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, titled: ‘Armed robber captured, died, others fled’, that the deceased was apprehended by students during a robbery operation in one of the students’ hostels at Iworoko Ekiti, opposite the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti.