Robbers Who Stole Huge Sum Of Money Set Ablaze By Mob In Anambra

 
Barely two weeks after a mob set
ablaze two armed robbers at New
Tyres Market, Nkpor, Idemili North
Local Government Area of Anambra
State, for snatching huge sums of
money from a trader, two other
armed robbers were, yesterday,
burnt to ashes along Limca Road in
the same area.
The two robbers, armed with pistols,
according to eyewitnesses, had
blocked a lady, who boarded a
commercial motorcycle with a
Ghana-must-go bag filled with
money and heading towards a bank,
and allegedly snatched the bag from
her.
According to the source, as the lady,
believed to be a cashier in one of
the petrol stations along the road,
was being taken to the bank by the
commercial motorcyclist, the armed
robbers, riding their own
motorcycle, closed in on them and
ordered her to surrender the bag of
money at gunpoint.
The source said she surrendered the
bag to them, but as the thieves
made to zoom off, their motorcycle
somersaulted.
Mob action
It was gathered that some passers-by
alerted policemen and went after
them. Bullets reportedly did not
penetrate their bodies. They were,
however, over-powered by the mob
and set ablaze.
It was learned that one of the
robbers removed the burning tyre
from his neck and fled with his body
on fire.
He was, however, caught again by
the mob, who tied his hands and
legs, pushed him into a drainage
with his accomplice and set them
ablaze a second time.
Vehicular movements were
disrupted along the road for many
hours, even as some members of
Anambra Traffic Management
Agency, ATMA, were busy trying to
control the traffic.
The Divisional Police Officer at
Ogidi, Mr. Hassan Musa, told
newsmen on phone that although he
heard about the incident, the scene
was under the jurisdiction of Awada
Police Division.
He, however, described their death
as two less the number of criminals
operating in the state.
“If the public could always rise like
this to defend themselves from the
menace of the robbers, Anambra
would then become a crime-free
state, as desired by the state
government and law-abiding
citizens,” he said.

Source: Vanguard