Ibadan Residents Set Suspected Robbers Ablaze

A yet to be identified man as at the time of filing this report, alongside his accomplice, have been set ablaze by a mob in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, Eko Hot Blog has gathered.

The duo were killed after they allegedly robbed a 27-year-old man on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the duo snatched a mobile telephone and a sum of five million naira (N5m) from the man.

According to reports by eyewitnesses, one of the suspects was set ablaze by angry youths along Parliament Road, Agodi, Ibadan while the second suspect was also lynched to death by the youths in the community.

It was gathered that the duo allegedly robbed the man in his car at about 6pm around the Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan.

The suspects, who attempted to evade capture were consequently pursued by some members of the public after the victim raised an alarm.

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One of the thieves was set ablaze after being killed while his accomplice’s corpse was left on the roadside.

The incident was ultimately confirmed by Public Relations Officer of the State Police command, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, who spoke with journalists on Thursday.

Fadeyi in a statement said, “One Adebayo Tobi 27 years old was robbed at Favours area Awolowo Bodija of his Vivo 400 android phone and a bag containing some papers by two Okada robbers.

“Sequel to this, he immediately pursed then with his Toyota Corolla car along Dandaru Road, opposite INEC office where the hoodlums suddenly entered into a pothole and lost control of the bike and fell off.

“One of them died instantly while the other sustained varying degree of injuries.

“Meanwhile effort is still on to remove the corpses to the morgue.”