Saturday, November 30, 2024 -Angry youths on Friday, Nov. 29, burned down suspected cult members in Jenta Adamu community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, who
confirmed the incident to newsmen, said it happened around 9:20am but did not
state how many the victims were.
Mr Alfred said the police received a report in the early hours of 29 November
of a mob action.
Narrating how the incident occurred, Alfred said, "The command
received a disheartening report in the early hours of today, the 29th day of
November, 2024 reporting a mob action which took place in Jenta Adamu, Jos
North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
"The report which was received through a distress call from a
concerned citizen of Jenta Adamu, stated that at approximately 09:20am, a group
of yet-to-be identified cult members had invaded their community and were
attempting to rob law-abiding citizens of their belongings.
"In response to the call, the Plateau State Commissioner of Police
immediately ordered the Divisional Police Officer, 'A' Division Jos, to deploy
police officers and detectives to the scene and begin investigation into the
matter.
"Upon arrival, our team discovered that an angry mob had taken the
law into their own hands and pursued the invaders, mobbed them and set them
ablaze. The police in collaboration with the leadership of Jos North Local
Government Area have evacuated the burnt bodies from the scene and deposited
them at the hospital morgue.
"Upon intensifying our investigation into the incident, two locally
fabricated pistols, believed to belong to the unidentified cult members, were
recovered from the scene."
But Samuel John, a member of the community, told DailyTrust that the
suspected victims were phone snatchers who earlier in the morning, reportedly
snatched someone’s phone in the area and killed the owner.
John said, "The suspects had around 5:30am attacked a member of the
community and killed him. Upon hearing the gunshots by the suspects, youths in
their numbers mobilised, arrested and took them to the riverside where they
placed tyres on them and burned them to death. They killed a community member,
prompting the youth to take action."
The police command, however, cautioned that as a civilized society,
whenever suspects are arrested by citizens, they should be immediately handed
over to the relevant security agency to ensure that justice is served in
accordance with the provisions of the Plateau State Penal Code.
The police warned that any person or group caught executing jungle
justice would be severely dealt with in accordance with the law.
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