The Edo State Police Command have arrested three individuals allegedly concerned in a mob assault that led to the loss of life of two artisans who had been mistaken for armed robbers in Amagba neighborhood in Benin Metropolis.
Sources knowledgeable the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) that the victims, who had been stated to be welders, had been recognized as Osamudiamen Ehigie and Nosa Aghimie.
The duo had been stated to be coming back from a mission website in the neighborhood about 6p.m on Nov. 16 once they bumped into gunmen who had been robbing some residents.
A supply instructed NAN that the suspected robbers who noticed the artisans gave them a sizzling chase and within the course of, the artisans ran right into a home within the neighborhood and hid themselves.
In keeping with the supply, the residents within the neighborhood who mistook them for the robbers, apprehended them and beat them to loss of life. The proprietor of the positioning, the place they’d gone to work, got here to the scene to argue their innocence.
In the meantime, it was gathered that the police have arrested three suspects alleged to have been straight concerned within the lynching.
When contacted, SP Moses Yamu, spokesman of the police command in Edo, yesterday, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the three suspects for homicide.
“The command is conscious of the incident the place two younger boys sadly met their deaths. “The command instantly arrested three suspects, whereas two different suspects are at giant. “These arrested have since been charged to court docket,” he stated.
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