Wednesday, March, 4 2026 - A suspected phone thief was on Tuesday set ablaze by a mob in Plateau State.
According to an eye witness, the incident occurred on
Tuesday afternoon in Apata community, located in Jos North Local Government
Area.
An eyewitness, Mathew Paul, who narrated how the incident
occurred, said the suspect, believed to be armed, had allegedly snatched a
phone at gunpoint before he was apprehended by residents.
“The thief, a young man, collected someone’s phone this
afternoon and then fired a shot into the air to scare people,” Paul said.
“However, people noticed that he was struggling with his
gun. A mob quickly gathered, chased him, caught him and set him ablaze. Before
security operatives arrived at the scene, he was already dead.”
Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer in the
state, Alabo Alfred, for comments were unsuccessful, as his phone was switched
off as of the time of filing this report.
The incident has again drawn attention to the growing cases
of mob violence in Plateau State, where suspected criminals are often lynched
rather than handed over to law enforcement agencies.
Residents recalled that similar incidents were recorded last
year in the Kabong community and the Jenta Adamu area of Jos North Local
Government Area, where suspected phone thieves and cultists were also set
ablaze by angry mobs.
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