Mob kills motorcycle thief
The Ogun State Police Command on Friday confirmed the mob killing of a motorcycle thief, John Udoh, in the early hours of Friday at Atoyo Okeigbo community, Aruba Sagamu, while his partner, Peter Ubong, was critically injured.
Udoh and Ubong, members of a five-man gang, reportedly invaded the community at about 2:am and attacked one Emeka Ruben stealing his motorcycle valued at N1.2m
The command spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Friday.
Odutola said that Ruben, however, alerted the youths of the community who arose to the challenge at midnight and arrested Udoh and Ubong.
The two suspects were said to have been beaten severely, leading to the death of one of the thieves as confirmed by a doctor at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, while the second suspect, Ubong, who was said to be in critical condition, has been hospitalised.
Three other members of the gang, Adaka, Stephen, and Jeresy, were said to have made away with the stolen motorcycle
The duo of Udoh and Ubong were also said to have confessed that they were part of a five-member group responsible for the theft of 15 solar streetlights previously stolen from the community, as well as two other motorcycles.
(PUNCH)
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