Stoning To Death Of Suspected Yahoo Kingpin: Ondo Police Arrests Two Persons

By Ayodele Oni

Ondo State Police Command, has announced the arrest of two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure.

Tope was killed by an angry mob for alleged reckless driving, along Ijoka road leading to a  crash which claimed the life of two persons on a motorcycle and injured six others.

The Irate mob had allegedly beaten and stoned Tope to death and set his car ablaze.

This followed claim that some fettish objects were found in the deceased car, which made the angry mob suspected him to be a yahoo boy.

He was stoned to death in the presence of his helpless parents that had to take refuge when the ravaging mob sighted them.

The state police command spokesperson, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami, while featuring on a live radio programme on Tuesday, said police detectives had arrested two suspects over their alleged jungle justice meted out on Tope.

Odunlami explained that one of the two arrested suspects allegedly masterminded the burning of Tope’s car.

The command’s image maker, who said that the suspects would be charged to court for murder and arson, appealed to members of the public never to take laws into their hands.

“We need to see ourselves as one and love each other. We should first see ourselves as human beings before becoming either a commercial motorcyclist, policeman or any other professionals.

“As of now, no one can confirm if the dead young man in question was an internet fraudster.

“Rather than people around to have helped when the accident happened, some resolved to jungle justice by killing the young man and setting his car ablaze.

“We need to refrain from engaging in jungle justice, shun hearsay and report any incident to nearby police station so that there will be peace in our community.”