Monday,
October 21, 2024 -Angry residents at Luck Way in Ikpoba Hill area of
Benin City have reportedly beaten a suspected armed robber to a pulp after he
was allegedly caught stealing N400,000 and a mobile phone from a Point of Sales
(POS) operator.
The yet to be identified robber stole the items from a woman who offered
POS service in her shop.
The suspect reportedly entered the woman’s provision shop, pretending to
buy snacks and drinks and in the process stole the items.
Speaking to newsmen, the POS operator said, the suspect came to her shop
and demanded for biscuits, drinks and other items.
She said the suspect told her that he was in the neighbourhood for a
burial ceremony and that he wanted to use the items to entertain his friends
before the event commenced.
“I provided the items for him and I was about to pack them inside a
polythene bag when he demanded bottles of water.
“As I went back inside to get the water, he stepped inside the shop and
picked up the bag containing my money.
“When I brought the water out, he asked me to calculate the items and
said that he wanted to get a bottle of groundnuts from the nearby shop.
“When he said he was going, it was then I checked for the bag and behold
it was not there.
“It was at that point that I raised the alarm, which attracted youths in
the area who chased and caught him,” she narrated.
She said her bag containing the money and phone was recovered from the suspect who was almost beaten to death by a mob before police officers arrived to arrest him.
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