A mob has killed a yet-to-be-identified man for allegedly eating human faeces in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
The deceased, believed to be in his 30s, was reportedly paraded by the mob at different areas in Ado Ekiti, including Okeyinmi, Matthew Street, Ijigbo, before he was taken him to Odo Ado, where he was lynched.
The Nation, in a report, the victim was set ablaze and his remains were left lying on the street in a part of Odo Ado, called Red Roof Junction.
According to the paper, the deceased was discovered eating the faeces by an unidentified elderly woman, who raised the alarm which prompted youths of the area to arrest him.
The youths reportedly stripped him naked and beat him. While beating him, the victim was said to have mentioned names of some clergymen he claimed to know in the town.
The paper said,
The mob had followed him to a white garment church at the Odo Ado area but when they couldn’t get the clergyman the victim had named at home, he allegedly took to his heels but the pursuing mob caught up with him at the Red Roof Junction.
The mob pulled down the roof of the church and destroyed its property, including all they found at an adjoining room, which neighbours had described as “the church office.”
None of the witnesses at the neighbourhood could identify the victim.
The witnesses at the Red Roof had dispersed when newsmen arrived at the area, refusing to speak and claiming they could be victims of police raid when the security agents arrive to investigate the incident.
All the witnesses could give as the reason for the killing was “they said he was gathering faeces into a bag at Matthew area, and they said it was an elderly woman that spotted him and raised the alarm.”
The witnesses further claimed that the man was stabbed with broken bottle but it didn’t enter but later lynched on the suspicion that he was a member of a ritual gang.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State police command, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, could not be reached for comments as his mobile was switched off.
