Four suspected ritualists were set ablaze by mob between Friday and Sunday in different parts of Ogun State...
PUNCH METRO gathered on Monday that the four victims were set ablaze in Ibara, Isabo, Olomore and Ago-Ika in Abeokuta North and South local government
areas of the state.
At Isabo, a young man was allegedly set ablaze after he was accused of attempting to kidnap a school boy from a primary school in the area.
People living in the area, accosted him and demanded an explanation for his alleged suspicious movement.
An eyewitness, who declined to give his name, said the man was clubbed to death and later set ablaze by the mob when he could not give satisfactory
answers to the questions.
It was gathered that two persons suspected to be planning to kidnap another boy in Olomore in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state were also
killed in a similar way...
Also at Ibara near the Ogun State Government House, another young man was killed by a mob for allegedly kidnapping an eight-month-old boy from his
mother.
However at Ago-Ika area, two suspects were lucky as policemen arrived on time to save them from being lynched.
An eyewitness, Mr. James Oguntade, said, “There is an increase in ritual killings in the society today and people are conscious of this development. The
boy, who was returning from school, screamed as the two suspects were attempting
to kidnap him.
“But as the suspects could not provide a satisfactory explanation during interrogation, the mob went into action and would have killed them but for the
intervention of policemen from Adatan Police Station, who took the injured
suspects to a private hospital in Mokola, Abeokuta.”
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incidents, warned residents to desist from jungle
justice.
