By Wilson Adekumola
A young man was lynched by a mob for breaking into a church and stealing musical instruments worth several thousands of Naira, in Aba, Abia on Tuesday morning.
According to the Sun, the burglar sneaked into a popular church along Umuola Road, Obikabia axis of Ogbor Hill, Aba North Area of the town, to steal the property but was caught as he tried to make a way with them.
It was was learnt that an angry mob that immediately gathered in the area, caught the yet-to-be-identified thief and beat him into a coma before setting his body ablaze with used tires and petrol bought from a nearby fuel station.
It was said before the arrival of a police patrol team from a nearby checkpoint within Obikabia junction, the crowd had vamoosed leaving the burning tires and the man’s corpse on the road.
However, the State Police Command is yet to speak on the incident, while some motorists have called on the Aba North and it’s Obingwa Council health offices to quickly remove the debris, which they said was an eyesore.
