A suspected armed robber was on Friday, March 25, 2022, set ablaze by an angry mob at the Goodluck Jonathan Flyover by the popular Itam Market off Ikot Ekpene Road Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
A trader at Itam market disclosed that people decided to beat and later set the suspected armed robber ablaze when they learned that his gang robbed a woman of money inside the tricycle, a.ka Keke Napep.
“It was around 11:30am from my shop I started hearing people shouting where is the money. I learnt that he and two other members of his gang, a man and woman robbed one woman of her money inside the tricycle and pushed her out inside town.
“I learnt the woman’s son immediately used another tricycle to pursue them and catch them here at the flyover. Maybe as he refused to return the money they stole those people descended on him. When they were beating him inside his tricycle, I thought they were dragging about transport fare.
“It was when they now set him ablaze inside the tricycle that I decided to find out what actually happened. Even some other commercial tricycle and Mini Bus operators stopped at the Flyover and joined hand to beat him up.
“He was set ablaze inside his Keke Napep, but he later jumped out. But two other members of his gang, a man and woman succeeded to run away. In fact we saw the Lady run pass in front of our shop, then we didn’t know what happened, we would have caught her”, he said.
Vanguard reports that the incident caused tension in the area as business operators along the area closed shops for fear of interrogation by the Police.
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