An angry mob on Monday almost lynched a
21-year-old man, who impersonated an army officer, for robbing a woman
of iPhone 7 Plus along Deco Road, in the Okumagba Avenue area of Warri,
Delta State.
The fake army officer, who was
identified as Usman Jafar, from Adamawa State ran out of luck when the
woman he had robbed recognised him the following day when he visited a
mobile phones market, otherwise called Robinson Plaza, to wipe off the
information on the mobile phone.
The incident, which occurred around
9.20am, left Jafar with severe injuries in his face and other parts of
his body as a result of stoning and stabbing.
Our correspondent gathered that the fake military man initially escaped from the mob.
“But the mob gave him a hot chase from
the point of the incident until he was caught near the home of Major
General David Ejoor, an ex-Chief of Army Staff. The mob descended on him
again and beat him to a pulp,” a witness, who declined to give his
name, added.
It was learnt that some of the attackers
harmed the suspect with dagger and knives and were determined to kill
him before soldiers attached to the General, as well as police
operatives, came to his rescue and dispersed the crowd.
“A few minutes later, a military van
from 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Effurun, in the Uvwie Local
Government Area of the state came and whisked the suspect away to their
barracks for interrogation.
Military sources told our correspondent that the suspect was discovered to be an impersonator during interrogation.
The Commanding Officer of 3 Battalion,
Major Ahmed Abdulkadir, confirmed to our correspondent that the suspect
was an impersonator.
When asked what would be the fate of the
suspect, Abdulkadir said the army would deal with the suspect in line
with its rules of engagement.
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