A suspected motor bike thief has been killed by an angry mob in Boji Boji Owa in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State.
According to our sources, the deceased met his waterloo at Meme Street, by Okobi Street Junction while he was struggling to kick start a bike, he allegedly stole few metres away.
We gathered that he allegedly stole the bike with registration number, Anambra GDD 620 VF belonging to a man who uses it for commercial purposes (Okada).
We learnt that the thief’s ordeal began, when some person’s noticed the way he was manipulating and struggling with the ignition, prompting them to raised an eyebrow.
On his failure to provide the key or the registration of the bike, the mob descended on him with stones and sticks.
We were informed that his interrogation went worse when the owner of stolen vehicle surfaced with proofs of ownership and explained how his bike was removed from where he parked it.
An eye witness account has it that in the middle of the occurrence, some members of a vigilante group came to the scene but the mob prevented them from rescuing the suspected thief.
When men of the Nigeria Police Force in the area arrived at the scene of the incident, the mob had dispersed leaving the suspect in the pool of his own blood.
The information we gathered from sources close to the police was that the man whose identity remains unknown, had died following the beating he received and his corpse had been deposited at the mortuary in the Central Hospital, Agbor for further investigation. (Delta State News Bulletin/ News Express )
