How 2 Suspected POS Robbers Were Lynched In Lagos

According to reports, two suspected POS robbers has been lynched in Lagos State.

The police in Lagos yesterday said that a mob lynched two men, who allegedly robbed a point-of-sale (POS) attendant in Igando area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.

Hundeyin said the incident happened on Independence Day, stressing that the mob set the victims ablaze and burnt them beyond recognition.

“Police arrived at the scene but the mob had fled. Investigation has commenced,” he said.

The image maker, however, frowned at the action of the mob, wondering how to put a stop to the archaic and criminal practice.

Hundeyin said jungle justice was a criminal case in Nigeria, calling on members of the public to stop the crime.

He said rather, they should hand over the suspect to the police for prosecution.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson has commended crime reporters for doing a fantastic job in reporting the arrest of criminals in Lagos State.

He, however, urged judiciary correspondents to do more, to update Nigerians on the progress of prosecution of criminal cases in various courts in Lagos.

“This would halt the fallacy that, Police were collecting money and releasing suspects,” he said.

Hundeyin also said four men have been apprehended in the state for allegedly parading minors as beggars.

In a post on Twitter on Saturday, Hundeyin said the men got the minors from villages and brought them to Lagos to seek alms.

According to the police spokesman, a medical doctor allegedly provided injections which were given to the children to make their stomachs swell.

“These men get minors from villages, get a medical doctor to allegedly inject them with substances that make their stomach swell outrageously, and parade them in road traffic as critically sick, to get alms from motorists,” he said.

“Investigation is ongoing.”

He, however, advised Nigerians to be careful about whom they handed over their children to.

The state government said it has set up a team to curb street begging and hawking in the state.

In August 2021, Olusegun Dawodu, Lagos commissioner for youth and social development, had said the special team was set up by the ministry of youth and social development, with the support of the Lagos police command.