On Wednesday afternoon, two young men who wanted to make it big in the upcoming Yelutide met their Waterloo in Enugu when irate mobs set them ablaze alive.
The incident occurred in the Independence Layout neighbourhood on Independence Avenue, also known as Bissala Road.
According to reports, the two were apprehended while attempting to rob POS operators in the area and were apprehended by residents who decided to deal with them.
They were stripped naked before being set on fire, and their video went viral before they were ignited by fire.
According to the investigation, the angry mobs refused to let the police take them to their station and instead decided to take the law into their own hands.
The police had yet to confirm the incident, as police spokesman Daniel Ndukwe stated that he had not been informed of the heinous incident.
The incident has not been brought to my notice but I’ll find out, he said.
The country director of the Global Society for Anti-Corruption, G-SAC, Mrs Amaka Nweke condemned the jungle Justice.
Nweke however condemned the attacks on POS operators but said people should not take laws into their hands but hand over such matters to law enforcement agencies.
I condemn what the robbers do to the POS operators but at the same time I condemn mob action. They should have handed them over to the police instead of taking laws into their hands, she condemns.
However, a resident who would not want his name in print said the robbers deserved what they got.
I like the way they were set ablaze alive so that it will serve as a deterrent to others. If you have been a victim of these bad boys, you will even want a worse thing to happen to them. I have no pity for them. Let them burn in hell for all I care, he said.