Monday 5 November 2012

Tension as colleagues of lynched victims storm Mushin to retailate brutal killing.

By Patience Ogbo. The killing of five suspected armed robbers by the residents of Mushin on Sunday has sparked tension in the area as colleagues of the killed victims are spoiling for revenge. A number of them from Idi oro were said to have stormed Mushin on Monday with dangerous weapons. The lynched victims were arrested by the vigilantee group and later beaten and burnt to death on Vono street a notorious area in Mushin. The residents alleged that the lynched victims weere armed robbers though nobody said what they stole. The suspected armed robbers were said to be six in number with a lady said to be amongst them but she escaped being lynched. It was gathered that the victims were from idi oro community but nobody knew why they were at Mushin. Following their grusome death,where three of them were also said to be burnt beyond recognition,youth from Idi oro after hearing the brutal killing of their friends were said to have stormed Mushin on Monday to retailate their death but the police rescued the situation and disperse the boys said to have come heavily armed. It was further gathered the policemen from the Olosan police station have arrested some members of the vigilante group and some landlords in Mushin for aiding and abetting the lynching. The residents are said to be on guard for fear of any retailation but policemen from the Area "D" Command,the Olosan police station and the State Criminal Investigation Department at Panti Yaba are said to be moving about while others are in strategic positions to prevent breakdown of law and oRder.

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