Jungle Justice: Two Robbers Burnt To ashes In Imo

Two suspected motorcycle robbers met their end in Eziama Obaire, in Imo State on Thursday when their operation to rob a motorcyclist led to their untimely death after angry youths overpowered them and set them ablaze.

The incident happened at Nkume junction by Mgbabano-Umuaka Road, Eziama Obaire in Nkwere council area of the state.

The corpses of the suspected thieves were still smouldering when newsmen visited the scene

GreenWhiteGreen GWG gathered that the incident occurred at about 10:00 am, when four robbers on two motorcycles tried to overpower a commercial motorcycle rider at Nkume junction by Mgbabano-Umuaka Road, Eziama.

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An eye witness, Chikezie Nwadike said the duo who were members of a notorious gang of four men using two Motorcycles to operate were about to rob a commercial motorcyclist before luck ran out on them.

He said the alarm raised by the commercial cyclist attracted angry youths, who caught and pounced on the two of them and immediately set them on fire after two other suspects escaped.

He said they thought their operation would be swift, but it turned out to be the end-of-the-road for them. They arrived on two motorcycles and the two on the passenger seat alighted and suddenly accosted the Commercial cyclist trying to snatch his bike.

He immediately screamed at the sight of a gun but in a swift reaction, youths of the area trooped to the scene, chased the thieves to where they were overpowered.”

The two were beaten mercilessly leading to their death before they were set ablaze.

The situation has reportedly put fear on motorists and pedestrians plying the axis.

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