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A suspected thief who failed in snatching a motorcycle has been burnt to death in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital.

Daily Trust gathered from an eyewitness that the deceased was burnt with tyres in front of LEGA primary school, Wurukum after his effort to snatch a motorcycle from its owner proved futile.

A food vendor who witnessed the incident recounted that a certain commercial motorcyclist and his two passengers alighted at the gate of the primary school at about 5:20am.

She said;

“An argument ensued between them after the motorcyclist insisted that he was yet to reach where the duo told him was their destination. The two passengers had earlier forced him to stop them at the primary school on gunpoint just as they demanded for the key to the bike,”

“But, the motorcycle rider refused to hand them the key so they shot at him and the bullet didn’t penetrate. The motorcycle rider on his part picked a stone from the rubbles around there and hit it on one of them while he also raised an alarm which attracted people to the scene. One of the suspect escaped while the other was unlucky as the people who got to the scene to help the cyclist rider set him ablaze,”

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Confirming the incident, DSP Catherine Anene condemned such lawlessness and cautioned the public to go through the appropriate channel to seek justice.

She said;

“At Wurukum area, Information was received that a young man attempted to snatch motorcycle from a cyclist and was arrested by a mob. The police on reaching the scene, discovered that the suspect had been set ablaze. The command condemn such lawlessness and warns that members of the public should seek justice through the appropriate channel.”

Source: NaijaOnPoint.com

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