Suspected Okada thief burnt to death by angry mob in Ilorin

Date: 2021-05-02

A suspected motorcyclist theft specialist met his waterloo on Friday in Ilorin as an angry mob around Maraba area of the state capital set him ablaze for allegedly stealing a motorcycle popularly called okada.

Sunday Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident happened around the Akerebiata area on Friday night when the deceased accompanied by an accomplice, shot the owner in the leg at gunpoint and forcefully took the Okada from him.

Their attempt to escape after some youths gave them a chase from the spot of the incident however led to their involvement in an accident around Maraba which led to one of them falling off the bike.

The angry mob after beating him black and blue thereafter took a used tyre, sprinkle petrol on it put it on the suspect in the middle of the road, and set him ablaze.

The residents watched as the suspect was roasted alive on the road.

When Sunday Vanguard visited the scene yesterday, his charred remains have been removed.

Speaking on the issue, a resident of the area who does not want his name in print said, "We learnt they snatched an okada around Akerebiata after shooting the owner.

"But in the attempt to escape, some of the youths around summoned courage mobilised themselves and gave them a hot chase which led to the apprehension of one of them who fell off the motorcycle after hitting a vehicle around Maraba Junction.

"They intercepted and overpowered him, collected his gun, and burnt him to death after he had been seriously beaten with blood all over his body.

"The incident happened around 8 pm last night and the body was still at the spot where he was lynched around 9:30 am this morning", the source added.

Speaking on the development, the state Police Public Relationelation Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi (SP) who confirmed the incident said the investigation is ongoing to determine the fact that lead to the incident.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Charcoal     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Split Diamond Interchange     20 Billion Bond     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Tunji Arosanyin     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Modibo Kawu     Mary Arinde     Musa Alhassan Buge     Islamic Development Bank     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Rotimi Oyedepo     Okedare     Ilorin East     Agboola Babatunde     Madawaki     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     VADA     Ndama Al-hassan     Saheed Popoola     UNILORIN Alumni     Kwara Poly     Ayinke Saka     Voices Of Tomorrow     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Maigida     New Model Police Station     Ibrahim Jawondo     Law School Scholarship     IESA     Dauda Adesola     Ita-Ore     Mashood Dauda     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Oloriegbe     Suleiman Mora Omar     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Shonga Farm Project     Ishaq Salman     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Dan Masanin     Hassan Taiye Salam     Nupe     Lai Mohammed     Laboratory-to-Product     Suleiman Idris     Wahab Agbaje     Kwara State Government     CUTI     Akanji     Ali Ahmad     Babaita     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Samuel Adaramola     Ben Duntoye     Oko     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Twitter     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Boko Haram     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Baboko Primary School    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kola Ologbondiyan     Sambo Murtala     National Broadcasting Commission     Sunday Popo-Ola     ASMAU PLAZA     Jimoh Bashir     JSSCE     Omotoso     Nigerian Correctional Service     International Aviation College     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ramadan     Kolo     Ope Saraki     Bukola Saraki     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Durbar     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     VADA     Saka Keji     Olabode George Towoju     Logun     Oyin-Zubair     Ayo Salami     Tunji Arosanyin     KSIRS     Leke Ogungbe     Akeem Lawal     Salake     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Balogun Fulani     Modibbo Kawu     NSCIA     Danladi     Sam Onile     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Rotimi Atere     Adegoke Bamidele     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     ANCOPPS     Wahab Issa     Chikanda     Ariyo     Teachers Specific Allowance     Funmilayo Zubair     Dairo Kunle Paul     Lai Gobir     KWASSIP     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     GAMA     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Fatimat Saliu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Alore     Osi     Oko     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Haleeman Salman     Peter Obi     Alaiye     Taofeek Ibraheem     Ileloke     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Lola Olabayo     Gbugbu International Market     Ojuekun Sarumi     Olayinka Are     Olokoba Sulyman     Adesoye     Bello Oyebanji     Olayinka Olaogun     Oro Grammar School