THE Oyo State police command has warned against jungle justice after a mob set ablaze a suspected robber in Ibadan, the state capital on Wednesday evening.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi gave the advise when he confirmed that a suspected robber was set ablaze by an angry mob.
It was gathered that the mob pounced on two suspected robbers who had allegedly robbed someone along the state secretariat road in Ibadan when, in a bid to escape, lost control of their motorcycle.
It was learnt that after being robbed at Favos area of Bodija, Ibadan, the victim, Adebayo Tobi, with his car, gave the robbers a hot chase until they entered a pothole, lost control of the bike and fell off opposite the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, on the State Secretariat, Mokola Road.
While one of the robbers immediately became lifeless from the accident, the other who sustained injuries was hit with clubs and other weapons till he died and was then set ablaze.
Men of the state Joint Security Task Force, known as Operation Burst and the Nigerian Police were later sighted at the scene.
Fadeyi said investigation had commenced into the incident.
