A Senior Secondary School dropout who is a member of an armed robbery gang terrorizing the residents of an area in Calabar, has been finally caught and lynched by angry mob.
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An angry mob at the Iyang Edem by Mount Zion area in Calabar, has yesterday, lynched a member of a five-man robbery gang, identified as Chidozie, for stealing mobile phones.
According to reports, Chidozie and his gang members allegedly visited Atu Secondary School, where they attacked a teacher and dispossessed her of valuables, including her phones.
An eyewitness disclosed that the gang did not know that the people in the neighbourhood had been trailing them as they had been terrorising the area for quite some time.
“He was unfortunate, because the others escaped. Due to the spate of armed robberies in our area, they did not spare him because he refused to accept that the phone was with him. They beat him to death and then set him ablaze,” the source said.
It was learnt that the victim was just released from prison last week, and that he was also rusticated from Atu Secondary School when he was in Senior Secondary 2 (SS2) due to the nefarious activities he was involved in.
Another resident of the area, said they were happy that he was killed on the spot: “That boy and his gang have been disturbing this area for a long time; they snatch bags and rob shops in the evenings. He was so unfortunate to have taken this route after they robbed somewhere else. We are glad that they got him today.”