Bbery suspects lynched in Onitsha

en suspected to be armed s were on Saturday evening o death in Onitsha, Anambra hen they were alleged to have ted to dispossess an operator tricycle on the Old Nkpor close to the headquarters of s Club. urce said the men tried to steal ycle from the owner in broad t when luck ran out of them. said, “A mob refused calling lice into the matter. They d the men naked and beat p, and eventually, brought old nd fuel and set them ablaze.”

Anambra State Police and confirmed the incident h its spokesperson, DSP wu Ikenga, who said, “Before police operatives got to the scene at about 6pm, the suspects had already been set ablaze.

“The operatives, however, recovered five mobile phones of different brands and the tricycle suspected to have been stolen by the suspects.”

He said the command would continue to condemn such acts in totality, insisting that people should always take suspects to police stations whenever they were apprehended, as it would help the police to conduct proper investigations into the activities of the suspects and bring them to justice under extant laws.

He added that investigation had commenced on the matter and that further development would be communicated to journalists.