Angry mob set ablaze POS armed robbery suspect in Delta

By Atevure Princess,

Luck ran out of a member of a four-man armed robbery gang, as an angry mob set him ablaze on Monday night during a failed robbery operation at the Otovwodo junction in Ughelli, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.

ADVOCATE gathered that the four-man gang had gone to rob a female Point Of Sale, POS operator after which the victim was shot on the thigh and her cash and phones taken away by the hoodlums, however, the suspect could not escape with other members.

A commercial motorcycle operator who simply identified himself as Umukoro, who claims to have witnessed the robbery said: “The robbers were four in number; two of them had accosted the girl and tried to collect the bag of money from her.

“She refused to let go of the bag and started dragging the bag with them. In a bid to demobilize her, the guy with the gunshot her on her thigh and fled with the bag and her phone leaving the girl in a pool of blood.

ALOS READ: Lockdown Violation: Police arrest 6 pastors in Delta 

“However, the sound of the gunshot attracted people who came out in their numbers, chased one of the armed robbers, apprehended him and set him ablaze after thoroughly beating him.”

One of the shop owner in the area who spoke to us anonymously said victim, named Blessing Oge, is a 22 years old girl, was shot on the thigh after she refused to let go of her bag to the hoodlums who were armed with a pump-action rifle.

When contacted by our reporter, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the incident, said: “The suspect had gone to rob the female POS operator and subsequently shot her on the leg during the incident. While fleeing the scene of the incident, people saw them and mobbed one of the hoodlums while others escaped, but before the police could arrive the scene, the mob had already set the suspect ablaze.”