Pictures: Angry Benue Mob Set Suspected Motorcycle Thief Blaze After He Reportedly Confessed To Killing Okada Riders

 A young man has lost his life in the early hours of Tuesday, June 6, 2023 after a angry mob set him ablaze for allegedly stealing a motorcycle in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. 

 

 

According to reports, the accused, attacked a commercial motorcyclist at Ochito-ghana and made way his bike but was nabbed when he took the bike to show one of his friends at Jamaica street. One of residents of the area who has been keenly observing him, raised the alarm and he was surrounded by commercial motorcyclists.

 

Eye witnesses said during the melee, the suspect confessed to have killed many Okada riders in Otukpo, including a young man whom he recently murdered at Achigili street before taking their bikes to Obollo in Enugu state where he sold them. 

 

The angry mob visibly infuriated by his confession were said to have set him ablaze around a wood depot in Otukpo.

 

“They made him walk around naked with the stolen motorcycle before they descended on him, set him ablaze and he burnt to ashes,” a witness said.  

 

 

See pictures below: