Another suspected armed robber burnt alive in Ughelli

A suspected robber who tries to rob a boutique and tailoring store with a toy gun was yesterday burnt alive in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government, Delta State.

This is coming barely two days after a suspected robber was scorched alive in Ughelli, this jungle justice is becoming a pattern in the metropolis following the rising cases of violent crime in the town, with police and other security agencies seems overwhelmed.

Advocate.ng gathered that the alleged criminal was immediately served jungle justice from angry youths.

According to an eyewitness, “The criminal has gone in the eve of the day to rob a tailoring store and a neighbouring boutique within the popular Saint Theresa roundabout area of the town and has succeeded in collecting 8 phones from his victims.

“However, luck ran out of him when one of the victims he was robbing observed that what the thief was holding is a toy gun and immediately raised an alarm.

“The thief was immediately accosted by an angry mob that set him ablaze on the roundabout.”

When contacted for confirmation,  State Police Public Relations Officers, DSP Bright Edafe, said that the incident has not been confirmed, “there is no confirmation on that report, the DPO said he is not aware of such report when I called him.”