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A mob, on Wednesday, set ablaze a suspected armed robber at the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
It was gathered that the incident happened in the afternoon as one Tobi Adebayo, a resident of Owode, Apata, Ibadan tried to recover his stolen mobile telephone from some robbers.
The robbery suspects, whose identities had yet to be confirmed as of the time of filing this report, had an accident at the Agodi area of the city while trying to evade being caught by the owner of the mobile phone.
One of the suspects reportedly died on the spot while his partner, who was badly injured, was set ablaze instantly the mob.