• Angry mob kills one, two rescued by police
• Five arrested for allegedly lynching mad men
• Five arrested for allegedly lynching mad men
Another ritualist’s den was yesterday discovered in a tunnel at the
Challenge area of Mushin, Lagos State. One of the suspected ritualists
was burnt alive, while two others were rescued by the police from being
lynched. They had disguised as mad men.
They were found in a tunnel by the bus-stop that leads to a moribund
company. Syringes believed to be used in injecting their victims with
sedative drugs were discovered in the hideout.
This discovery is coming two weeks after some dens operated by
criminals were discovered at different areas of the Lagos-Abeokuta
expressway, which is along the same route.
Head of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps in Ojuwoye, Mr. Adeleye
Olayinka, said two out of the three suspects who appeared like lunatics
were sighted around a drainage at Challenge bus-stop area of Mushin.
He said one of the destitute persons was seen trying to enter the
drainage by some residents who raised an alarm. They pounced on the
three destitute persons before the arrival of policemen.
“In most cases, the place used to smell a lot that people would find
it difficult to pass through. One of the supposed mad men was a man who
disguised like a lady, but when the mob started beating him, he removed
what he used to disguise like a lady and pleaded for mercy.
“Before we knew what was happening, area boys had swooped on them and
also threw stones at security personnel who came to the scene to rescue
the mad men,” he said.
Meanwhile, five persons have been arrested for allegedly lynching a suspected mad man at Mushin.
The suspects whose identities could not be ascertained as at press
time are currently being detained at the Homicide section of the State
Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba. It was gathered
that the suspect were among those who attacked and killed the suspected
mad man.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who addressed
newsmen at the Officers Mess, Ikeja, said the suspects had allegedly
attacked three persons who appeared to be mentally deranged at Mushin.
He said the three suspected mad persons were earlier seen with items
that appeared to be suspicious and that items found on the three persons
included a mobile phone, an ATM card and blood stain on the body of one
of the suspects.
“On noticing these items, some people attacked the three persons on
the ground that they were ritualists. In the process one of the victim
was killed. Policemen from Mushin division swiftly moved to the scene
and rescued two of the victims. Five persons who participated in the
attack have since been arrested. They would be charged to court for
murder,” he added.
A visibly angry Owoseni said the command would not tolerate jungle
justice in any part of the country, noting that the actions of the
suspects were barbaric and would not be swept under the carpet.
He added that the situation where by some group of persons would
decide to take laws into their own hands would also not be allowed.
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