Badmos said that the incident occurred when the suspect, who was shot in
the leg by the police after a robbery operation, fell off from a
motorcycle while escaping.
The Police Command in Lagos on Tuesday said that a robbery suspect was burnt to death by an angry mob in Satellite Town in the state.
This is contained in a statement issued by command’s spokesman, SP. Dolapo Badmos, in Lagos.
Badmos
said that the incident occurred when the suspect, who was shot in the
leg by the police after a robbery operation, fell off from a motorcycle
while escaping.
He said that the suspect and his
gang members, on Monday at about 2.30 p.m. entered a Matrix Stores in
Abule-Ado, Satellite Town, for robbery operation.
"They
robbed the owner of phones and other valuables but a patrol team
attached to Satellite Police Division was quickly mobilised to the scene
to engage the hoodlums.
"In the process,
one of the robbers was shot in the leg and a double barrel gun with two
unexpended cartridges and all the robbed items were recovered.
"The
wounded hoodlum allegedly fell off the motorcycle, while they were
escaping and was burnt to death by angry mob before he could be rescued
while others escaped,” he said.
He said that effort was in progress to arrest other fleeing hoodlums.
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