Jungle Justice As Angry Mob Stone Dead Accident Victim

By Ayodele Oni

It was a gory sight on Easter Monday in Akure, Ondo state capital as angry mob lynched a man that crushed to death three persons riding on motorcycle.

The man, whose identity is not immediately known, allegedly drove his car in rough way causing it to swerve off the road and hit the three persons on motorcycle.

The angry mob had claimed that the deceased was a suspected fraudster popularly known as yahoo.

A statement by Ondo State police command  on the incident confirmed that the deceased was stoned to death in presence of his parents.

A statement by the police stated that “Ondo state Police Command has reacted to an Angry mob, who today Monday, lynched a suspected internet fraudster to death, after he killed two persons with his car in accident along Ijoka road in Akure.

“The State Police public Relations officer, Mrs Funmi Odunlami said the killing of the boy by mob was a jungle justice.

“No one can confirm if the young man in question is an internet fraudster, there was an accident that led to the death of a motorcyclist.

“Rather than people around to help, some resolved  to Jungle Justice by killing the young man  Olorunfemi Tope aged 35 who drove the vehicle and set the car ablaze.

“But for the quick intervention of the police, his parents too would have been killed, in all 2 people confirm dead, while 6 others involved and injured in the accident are currently in the hospital.

“The parent of the driver now late, the boy, came to the scene, where the boy was lynched to death, but not in the vehicle with their son.”