A 22-one year-ancient boy turn into on Sunday evening location ablaze by an offended mob for allegedly stealing an Android cell phone at Atimbo location of Calabar Municipality Local Government Plan (LGA) of Unhealthy River.

A watch who narrated the incident, mentioned the boy acknowledged as Eyo, has been identified for petty stealing across the location and were warned severally to desist from such.

The watch, who pleaded anonymity, mentioned that the boy committed the offence on Saturday and disappeared into skinny air most efficient to reappear on Sunday.

“I if truth be told fill identified Eyo from secondary college, he has repeatedly been stealing, there turn into a time he stole half of the class college prices.

“Even as we grew into our 20s, Eyo grew to turn out to be plucky in stealing and more infamous, he turn into repeatedly caught stealing, this isn’t any longer the first time a mob circulate turn into conducted on him, he most efficient met his end as of late.

“They began by beating him with cutlass sooner than surroundings him ablaze. Humorous enough, it’s accurate for stealing an android phone,” he explained.

Meanwhile, spokesperson for the police within the Relate, SP Irene Ugbo, has confirmed the incident and decried the act.

Whereas noting that it turn into illegal for folk to rob laws into their fill hands, she mentioned the rightful part to obtain turn into to fill reported the suspect to the nearest police situation within the location.

“Killing him in doubtlessly the most gruesome device thru mob circulate isn’t any longer most efficient barbaric, it is miles against the law and unacceptable,” she mentioned.

(NAN)