A teenager simply identified as Sunday Ebube Linus has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for raising a false alarm over the disappearance of his manhood.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, while confirming Linus’ arrest also warned the public against jungle justice as a means of punishing offenders or criminals.
The PPRO wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday that “the 18-year-old suspect, Ebube Linus, on Sunday, 8th October 2023 at DBS Road Asaba, raised a false alarm that an old woman inside a tricycle touched him and his manhood (penis) disappeared”.
“Over 100 misguided touts gathered and mobbed this woman, stripping her naked and beating her to a stupor to the point of almost killing her”.
“The Command was contacted and the DPO GRA division Asaba led policemen to the scene, rescued the woman, and arrested the suspect who we later discovered that nothing was wrong with him, as his manhood is intact.”
“Linus just lied against a poor woman, a mother, a daughter, and a wife and now, the video of her being beaten and stripped naked is all over the internet.”
“Does this make any sense? Why embark on self-help? Why jungle justice?” the police spokesman asked.
He, however, stated that the police are hunting for people in the video to be arrested and prosecuted alongside Linus who is the suspect.
