A few hours ago, 3 suspected arm robber was set ablaze in Aba of Abia state Nigeria by a group of angry youths who caught them at the scene of robbing a POS shop and other nearby shops. The 3 robbers were caught after the group of youths that set him ablaze chased him and his gang as people raised alarm over the robbing. It was confirmed by an eyewitness that in the process of chasing the 3 robbers by the angry youths who set them ablaze that they tried to escape with a motorcycle but were knocked down by a car.
Vanguard reported that the 3 robbers were set ablaze by the angry youths who caught them stealing at different locations. One was burned close to a UBA Bank, another at Star Paper Mill, and the other was at the Union Bank junction but all in Abayi community in Aba of Owerri road Abia State Nigeria. The Vanguard report also stated that an eyewitness of the stealing and burning of the 3 men robbing a POS and other nearby shops in Aba said in a statement that nemesis has caught up with them because the same set of men has been stealing the whole town in Aba, especially that of Kamalu and Umuimo.
The burning of the 3 robbers who were said to have been robbing a POS and other nearby shops in Abayi of Aba Abia state caused heavy traffic within Aba-Owerri road for travelers and other business people going through the road.
Tori Ng. reported that Geoffrey Ogbonna who is the spokesperson to the state police command said in a statement that the police have confirmed the incidents of the 3 robber’s burnet by angry youths. He also said that it seemed, that the youths were already waiting for the 3 robbers because the 3 robbers tried to escape from the place where they were robbing but were apprehended immediately by the youths who set them ablaze.
The spokesperson of the state police command also stated that the police would have rescued the robbers from the burning if they was a way for the police to respond on time but the whole road was blocked. He further said that the youths should stop taking laws into their hands because the court is always there to punish, the offender if found guilty.
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Filing this report from a Twitter account, a group of Nigerians has stated that the burning of the 3 POS and other nearby shops robbers in Aba is a welcome development because it will help to develop fear among other robbers they may be planning to rob others in the state while few people condemned the burning stating that police should have rescued them at least to give them a fair hearing by the court.
Sources:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/mob-set-ablaze-3-pos-robbers-in-aba/
https://www.tori.ng/news/206963/photos-of-suspected-armed-robbers-set-ablaze-in-ab.html