Daredevil Armed Robber Lynched to Death for Killing OPC Leader (Photo)

Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 05th May, 2016 - tori.ng

Tears have flowed freely after a leader of the Oodua People's Congress, Sanjo Akintoye was brutally murdered by armed robbers as he tried to save a robbery victim.

Leader of the Oodua People’s Congress, Sanjo Akintoye

It was chaos and panic on Wednesday on Olaleye Street, in the Iponri area of Lagos State after an armed robber killed an Oodua People’s Congress, leader identified as Sanjo Akintoye, during a failed robbery attack.

It was gathered that the armed robber arrived the street on a motorcycle with another suspect, and shot many bullets at the 43-year-old security guard who tried to prevent him from robbing another man who had gone to the bank to withdraw N500,000.

Residents of the area attacked the armed robber as he tried to reload his gun after killing the OPC leader. They broke his skull with stones, sticks and bottles. He died on the spot and the corpse was recovered by policemen from the Iponri division.

It was gathered that the suspect and his accomplice had trailed a worker at a construction site, who had gone to withdraw N500,000 from a branch of Zenith bank in the area.

According to Punch, a witness narrated how it all happened.

He said, “One of us was asked to withdraw money from the Zenith Bank around 11am. As he was coming back on foot, he was surprised to see two people following him on a motorcycle.

“One of us, Baba Bolu, challenged them for riding motorcycle into the area. The man at the back of the motorcycle shot him in the leg and in the hand. Baba Bolu lost a finger. Chairman (Akintoye) was returning from the toilet when he heard the gunshots and he confronted the robber.

“The robber faced him and released a hail of bullets on him. Chairman was hit, but he moved closer to the suspect. The robber continued to fire shots till he expended his bullets.”

It was during the period the armed robber tried to reload that he residents pounced on him and killed him.

Another witness said the gunshots attracted the attention of other OPC members and some residents in the area.

He said while the robber was shooting Akintoye, the residents had blocked all escape routes.

“Some of us stood on the road, while others stayed behind vehicles. Immediately we saw that he had expended his bullets, one of us attacked the robber as he climbed the motorcycle to flee the scene.

“He fell. Some other people moved closer and hit him with planks, bottles and any weapon they could find, but the rider escaped,” he added.

Akintoye was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead.