This robber was caught emptying drugs from a medicine store at 3.00am in Ughelli community, read what the youths did to him
A ring leader of a notorious robbery gang from Maduguri Borno State terrorizing Ughelli town and its environs (name withheld) was on Friday night lynched to death by angry mob at Ekiugbo-Ughelli in Ughelli North local government of Delta State. The incident happened after he was caught breaking into a popular chemist store in the community.
Speaking to our correspondent, the husband of the owner of the chemist store who simply identified himself as Mr. Felix, said with the aid of the CCTV camera installed in the store and vigilance of his wife’s neighbours who heard the unusual noise in the apartment, they raised alarm that led to the apprehension of the leader of the robbers while others escaped
According to him, his wife’s chemist store located in Ekiugbo community has in the recent time suffered several attacks from the robbers who break into the store at dead nights and loot all drugs in the store.
Speaking further he noted that penultimate Sunday the gang broke into the store and carted away all they have and since then the community security operative has been keeping vigilant on the streets of the community.
He said: “About 3.00am on Friday I received a call from the neighbouring compound that there was unusual noise coming out of my wife’s store and cartons of medicine were being moved out of the store and coincidently the man that handled the CCTV camera called too that there’s unusual movement going on in my wife’s medicine store.
“I quickly contacted security operatives of the community to alert them, and on getting there the store has been vandalized beyond recognition while the angry youths who confronted them got hold of the ring leader while others robbers escaped”.
When contacted, the leader of the Ekiugbo community security policing, Comrade Ovwigho Emmanuel confirmed the incident saying that his office received a distress call at about 3.00am that a medical store in the community was under attack by bandits.
He said his men swung into action immediately but before getting there the robbers were rounded up while others escaped, the ring leader who confessed to the previous attack in the chemist store was unlucky as the angry youths got hold of him and lynched him to death.
While sending note of warning to all criminals in the state and beyond to stay clear of Ekiugbo community and Ughelli north local government area, he said, Ekiugbo policing management committee under his leadership will make the community unsafe for all kinds of criminals whether robbers or secret cult members.
He said the committee is determined to eliminate all form of social vices from the community so that the inhabitants of the community could sleep with their two eyes closed.
