The police in Bauchi State have confirmed the killing of two suspected Murderers of an Okada rider, Mahmud Jibrin, in Misau LGA by irate youths in the area.
WikkiTimes has exclusively reported that residents in Misau overpowered the security forces and killed the suspects who were accused of killing the Okada rider.
In a statement issued after WikkiTimes stroy, Ahmed Muhammed Wakili, the spokesman of the police in Bauchi, confirmed that after an Okada rider was killed and his motorcycle taken away by unknown persons, the police has arrested two suspects with the said motorcycle along the Misau – Kari Road, but they were lynched by an irate mob which burnt one of the bodies to ashes.
“There was a case of conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide on the 18th of August 2024 at about 2200hrs; the Police in Misau received information from a good Samaritan who said that he saw a body lying down in a pool of blood in Anguwan Agwaluma in the outskirts of Misau town”.
“On receiving the information, the DPO, Misau Police Division led a team of Detective to the scene and discovered that the victim’s throat was stilted and cut with a knife. The Detectives moved the body to the General Hospital, Misau where he was confirmed dead by a Medical Doctor”, said Wakili.
“Then, on the 19th of August 2024, Monday, two suspects were arrested by the Police with the said motorcycle along the Misau – Kari road, where they were lynched by an irate mob which burnt one of the bodies to ashes, but the motorcycle was recovered”.
“The Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed, while reacting to the ugly incident, frowned at the actions of irate youths who, instead of taking the suspects to Police custody for proper investigations, mobbed the suspects that were arrested by the police”.
“They overpowered the Police, took them out of the possession of the Police and killed the suspects. This was barbaric and inimical to the laws governing our dear country”, confirmed Wakili.
The statement quoted the state’s Commissioner of Police Auwal Musa Mohammed warning the residents of the state that the Command under his stewardship would not tolerate or allow people taking laws into their hands.
