Angry mob sets ablaze a suspected motorcycle thief.

Angry mob sets ablaze a suspected motorcycle thief at Dabi village, Kwali area council last Sunday.

Witnesses said the incident happened at about 4:00p.m. in the community on the Abuja-Lokoja expressway.
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It was gathered the mob pursued the suspected thief from Gwagwalada to Dabi after he allegedly snatched a motorcycle. The suspect abandoned the machine and fled but that the mob caught him. He was beaten to pulp before being burnt alive.
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“Some of the people used dangerous objects to stab him all over the body, while others hurled big stones at him, until he became unconscious. They now brought a tyre and set him ablaze,” said an eyewitness.

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