By Patrick Obia
A yet-to-be-identified three young men have been allegedly set ablaze by angry mobs in a community in Cross River State, Nigeria.
The jungle justice happened in the early hours of Friday 5th April, 2024 at Ekpugrinya junction of Ogoja Local Government Area of the State.
According to a Facebook user, the mobs accused the trio of stealing a two-year-old baby and sold to an unnamed Alhaji at sixty thousand thousand (60,000) Naira.
Cases of jungle justice have been on the increase for almost a decade in Cross River State and a few of those were Mrs Iquo Edet Eyo and four others who were in October 2022 tied, tortured, killed, and buried in the forest in Odukpani LGA of the State for alleged witchcraft
A man in his late 20s identified as Eyo was in April 2023 set ablaze for allegedly stealing a phone at Edim Otop by Stream Road, Calabar Municipal Local Government Area, and many more reports.
In the wee hours of October 30th, 2023, a man was lynched Asimi Ita community in Calabar metropolis for allegedly breaking into an apartment through the roof of the building.
At the time of filing this report, the State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force confirmed the incident.
The Police Command’s spokesman, SP Irene Ugbo, told CrossRiverWatch the Command will get details of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the region, and revert.
Video credit: Elijah Ugani
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