Angry mob mercilessly dealt with a suspected thief after he allegedly snatched a phone from a lady in Bayelsa.
It was gathered that the suspect stole the phone from the victim’s shop at Opolo area of Yenagoa on Monday, June 13.
The victim raised an alarm, a crowd gathered and pursued the suspect. His alleged accomplice who was waiting in a tricycle drove off, leaving him to the mercy of the angry mob.
According to Kester Wilcox, the mob finally caught the suspect in the Okutukutu area of the state capital, seized him and beat him to a pulp.
“Was robbing with keke, managed to take a ladies phone in her shop then he saw a crowd chasing him, the keke driver left him. The incident happened @Opolo, Yenagoa Bayelsa state close to golden gate, he managed to run to Okutukutu (frying pan to fire) and he was caught,” the witness narrated.
“He was well designed and taken good care of by the mob. I also heard from an eye witness that he is a popular thief in Agudama. He claimed he is from Ogbia.