A suspected robber, were on Wednesday afternoon set ablaze by Angry mob in Ibadan, Oyo state capital
The duo were said to have been involved in an accident at the parliament road, Agodi, Ibadan while trying to evade being caught by one of their victims who was pursuing them
An eye witness told our reporter that the fatal accident happened in the afternoon as a one Tobi Adebayo, a resident of Owode, Apata, Ibadan tried to recover his stolen mobile telephone from the robbers.
Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, while confirming the development said “Incident of robbery/fatal motor/motorcycle accident. Today Wednesday, December 16, at about 3:30pm, one Adebayo Tobi, 27years old, of plot 4, Owode Apata, Ibadan was robbed at Favours area, Awolowo, Bodija, Ibadan of his Vivo 400 android phone and a bag containing some papers by two Okada robbers.
“Sequel to this, he immediately pursued them with his Toyota Corolla car with registration number, LAGOS KRD 573 CH, along Dandaru Road, opposite INEC office where the hoodlums suddenly entered into a pothole and lost control of the bike and fell off.
“One of them died instantly, while the other sustained varying degree of injuries. At the receipt of the information, the DPO, Agodi moved to the scene, but before his arrival, the injured robber had been set ablaze by angry mob numbering up to 200.
“Meanwhile, effort is still on to remove the corpses to the morgue. Investigation has commenced into the incident.”
