For allegedly stealing a pot of soup, a young man has been sent to the great beyond by an angry mob which butchered him, before setting him on fire.
The
gory incident of jungle justice, according to reports, took place on
Sunday, August 23, in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, when
the man was nabbed around Goldie Street in the city, while two of his
accomplices managed to escape the certain death.
It
was learnt that the unfortunate man and his gang had attacked a woman
who resides at the Mayne Avenue Extension area in Calabar South and
robbed her of her freshly prepared pot of soup that she was warming for
her family’s breakfast, before going for early morning mass at nearby
St. Bernard’s Catholic Church.
The apparently
hungry men stormed the woman's home and stole the pot of soup from the
fire and were sneaking out of the compound when the woman sighted them
and raised an alarm which attracted her neighbours.
The
three men were given a chase and the man carrying the soup pot was the
unlucky one to be caught by the crowd who reportedly dealt with him
severely, butchering him with machetes before setting him ablaze.
One man who witness the ugly scene said:
“It
was almost dawn when the boys attacked the woman and carried away her
pot of soup. When they were about getting out of the compound, she
raised alarm and people came out, pursued and caught one of them.
The man they caught could not run very fast because of the pot of soup he was carrying and refused to drop it.
This
is not the first time they have come to our compound to steal. Last
week, they removed the car battery of one of our neighbours; once night
falls, they attack people, especially ladies,around Goldie by Atu and
snatch their handbags and phones.”
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