2 suspected motorcycle snatchers set ablaze
AN angry mob, yesterday, swooped on two suspected motorcycle thieves at Popo bridge in Oke-Ado area of Ibadan and set them ablaze. An eyewitness, said the suspects were apprehended after snatching a motorcycle from the owner. The witness said the suspects, who ran under the bridge after attacking the owner of the motorcycle with a cutlass, were given a hot chase by the mob, which later apprehended them. He said: “We heard the voice of someone shouting for help and when we rushed out to see what was happening, we saw him bleeding from his neck. “We could hear him shouting he was under attack and that we should please help him.” Another witness said the owner of the motorcycle told them that the suspects forcefully took his motorcycle and stabbed his neck with a cutlass while attempting to collect his handset. He said the owner of the motorcycle was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the suspects were apprehended by the mob and set ablaze. The Police Public Relations Office...