Friday, October 31, 2025 - Police officers from the Sapele
Division in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday night
rescued a suspected phone thief from being lynched by some angry mob who
apprehended him after he allegedly attacked one of their kinsmen around Shell
Road and New Road in Sapele.
The suspect, alongside a member of his criminal gang who
fled the scene, allegedly stabbed and injured the victim, a Hausa youth, before
stealing his mobile phone.
The victim raised an alarm, prompting his kinsmen and
residents to come to his rescue.
The suspect was chased down and apprehended, while his
accomplice escaped.
The suspected thief was beaten to a stupor until he
confessed to the crime and revealed the name of one of his fleeing gang members
as “Azaman.”
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