How Pastor lynched over alleged missing genital

A pastor of Living Faith Church and lecturer at the Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi, Benue State, Dr. Emmanuel Aime, was, yesterday mobbed and narrowly escaped death after he was accused of snatching the genital of a young man. 

An eyewitness said the pastor was mobbed after he came out of one of the commercial banks on New Otukpo Road about 10a.m., when a young man confronted him and raised the alarm that his genital was missing. 

He said the alarm attracted other persons suspected to be the cohorts of the young man, who decended on the pastor asking him to return the missing genital. 

According to him, “As he was being beaten, other persons joined in the mob action. They stripped the lecturer and dispossessed him of his money, phone and valuables. 

“They beat him to a pulp, smashed his head with a stone and watched him bleed profusely before the police from the ‘E Division’ rescued him. 

“Luckily, some pereons have been arrested by the police over the matter because it is becoming obvious that people falsely raise the alarm of missing genitals as bait to rob their victims.” 

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent, Catherine Anene, confirmed the development, decrying the antics of criminals, who now resort to accusing innocent persons of stealing their genitals to manhandle and steal from them. 

She said two suspects have been arrested in connected with the incident