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.

Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Boko Haram     Marafan Shonga     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Basit Olatunji     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Igbaja     Tinubu     Yahya Mohammed     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Issa Manzuma     George Innih     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     NTA Ilorin     Simon Sayomi     Yakubu Gobir     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     University Road     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Share-Tsaragi     Eruku     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     NITDA     Wahab Isa     Nigerian Medical Association     Binta Sulyman     Sabitiyu Grillo     Yetunde Balogun     Ahmad Lawan     Tunde Kazeem     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Okin Malt     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Split Diamond Interchange     Oya State     Tosin Saraki     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Kwara Politics     CCT     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     National Information Technology Development Agency     Elewu     Lanre Badmus     All Peoples Party     Lai Mohammed     Quranic Recitation Competition     Adekunle David Dunmade     Olatunji Ibrahim     Musa Yeketi     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Kwara Liberation Group     Umar Saro     Tunji Moronfoye     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Ojo Fadumila     Aisha Buhari     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Alfa Yahaya Road    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Onilorin     Sarkin Malamai     New Model Police Station     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Park     Olofa Of Offa     Moshood Bakare     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Olusola Saraki     Olayinka Are     Kola Ologbondiyan     MINILS     Olatunji Ayeni     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Dunmade     Saduki Lafiagi     Okin Malt     Sabitiyu Grillo     Bamidele Adegoke     Oya State     Lola Olabayo     Sarakite     Saka Aleshinloye     Shao     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Khairat Gwadabe     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Saliu Alamoyo     Rachael Obisesan     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Lithium Deposit     Voices Of Tomorrow     Kwara Metro Park     Abdulquawiy Olododo     REO CAKES     Olokoba     Allocation     Muhammed Aliyu     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Edret Sabi Abel     Roseline Oni Aremu     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Mohammed Danjuma     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     NAWOJ     Iponrin     Moses Salami     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Dele Belgore     Idofin     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Kolawole Bashirat     Bola Tinubu     KWSUED     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Labour Party     Risikat Lawal     Waheed Ibrahim     Usman Alkali Baba     Yakubu Danladi     Danhawa     Ilorin Amusement Park     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Maja     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Simon Sayomi     Durbar     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Mahee Abdulkadir     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Bashir Badawi     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Saliu Ajia     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs