The jungle justice meted out to the woman whose identity is
yet to be identified, caused a traffic gridlock that held motorists hostage for
hours before traffic officials came to their rescue.
The suspect had allegedly driven to the area in an SUV but
tried to escape in a tricycle when an alarm was raised against her plot.
According to an eyewitness account, the suspect allegedly
attempted to kidnap three children who were on their way to school but had her
plans foiled by a bread seller, who raised the alarm as the suspect tried to
flee.
The angry mob was said to have beaten the woman to pulp
before they hung a used tyre on her neck, poured petrol on her and set her
ablaze.
Eyewitnesses alleged that after the mob had visited their
harsh and summary verdict on the suspect, policemen from Oke-Odo Police Station
eventually stormed the area only to meet the smoldering ashes of the deceased.
Although hundreds of people surrounded the charred corpse,
the police said they could not make any arrest because they could not
categorically state who partook in the bizarre act.
Simply identified as Farouk, a resident of the area said:
"The three children were going to Army Children School in the area when
the suspected kidnapper accosted them and pretended she was taking them to the
school.
"When the bread seller alerted us, she tried to run but
the mob caught up with her, beat her up before they set her ablaze.
"But this was after we challenged her on the ownership
of the children. She claimed the children belonged to her, but the children
said otherwise and that was when they began to beat her up."
As at press time, the SUV the woman allegedly came with had
been taken to the station and attempts to confirm from the Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) of Oke-Odo proved abortive as he was said to be in a meeting.
Source: ThisDay
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