A mob has set ablaze a member of a four-man armed robbery gang that snatched a tricycle in Warri headquarters of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta state.
The suspect was burnt on Thursday night along Jakpa Road in Uvwie, the neighbouring Council area to Warri South after his gang snatched a tricycle from an unidentified individual at gunpoint at the popular Hausa Quarters in Warri.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe said, “the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri acting on a distressed call that a tricycle with registration No FHR 600 QF has been snatched by four armed gang at Hausa quarters and were heading towards Delta line Warri/Sapele road Warri.
“The DPO deployed Rapid response team of the Division to go after them. The team sighting the hoodlums around Warri gave them a hot chase and in the process, one of the suspects named Efe David ‘m’ age 22 years jumped down from the tricycle and was arrested while the other three escaped with the tricycle.
“Information was quickly disseminated to other Divisions and vigilantes which fortunately led to the arrest of one of them by vigilante with the snatched tricycle while two of the robbers escaped.
The Vigilantes were overpowered by irate mob who delivered instant jungle justice on the suspect. The tricycle, cut to size double barrel gun with two live cartridges and some suspected stolen pieces of gold plated jewelries were recovered.”
