Three suspected robbers were on Saturday burnt to death by a mob at Orlu in Imo State.
The suspects, an witnesses said, they were caught robbing traders and shot on the legs by security operatives to prevent them
from escaping and were beaten to stupor by the angry mob before setting them ablaze.
The State Police Spokesman, CSP Mike Abattam, in a statement issued on Sunday in Owerri, the state capital said, the three armed men were caught on Saturday in Umuna Orlu Local Government Area of the state, allegedly robbing some traders and were set ablaze by an angry mob.
“On 24/7/2021 at about 0630 hours, the inhabitants of Owarri lbiri caught in the act three armed robbers while in the act three armed robbers while robbing some traders yet to be identified.
“It is believed that they are the ones that have been terrorising the community using an unmarked
motorcycle to rob innocent people, especially traders along Owerri Orlu Road in Imo. The robbers were beaten, tied and set ablaze before the Police patrol
team arrived at the scene and efforts made to arrest the perpetrators proved abortive as they all ran away on sighting the Police”.
Condemning the barbaric act, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abutu Yaro, advised members of the public and be communities alike to always hand over suspects to the police for proper investigations and prosecution instead of taking the laws into their own hands.
According to the statement, “The Commissioner has also set up an investigating team from the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID of the command to investigate the cause and possible ways to prevent future mob actions in the state” the Police Spokesman concluded.
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