An armed robber has been beaten to a pulp by an angry mob after they pursued and disarmed him in Imo State.
A suspected armed robber met his waterloo as angry residents pursued and caught up with him before beating him mercilessly.
United Against Fulani Herdsmen Invasion who shared on its Facebook, wrote:
"Fed up with incessant robbery attacks on the streets
of Oduobi crescent, Ikenegbu in Owerri, the state capital, residents of
the area Friday took grave risk by challenging a gang of armed robbers
who invaded the business environment in a broad day light.
"An eye witness account revealed that the men of the underworld
had robbed the business crescent, enraged by the constant criminal acts
in the area, the residents who were mostly youths gave the four man
gang of suspected criminals a chase of their lives.
"The eyewitness who craved anonymity for security reason said "the
robbers saw that the residents were not intimidated by their guns, they
began to run. The people ran after them because they were determined
to get them."
"Three of them escaped, but people got one of them while he was
trying to scale through the fence. We wanted to call the police but an
angry mob took him away to where I don't know."
