Fresh unbelievable details have emerged on how a seven-year-old boy was brutally beaten and burnt to death in Orile area of Lagos state.
The boy, according to reports on Wednesday, was caught by a mob for stealing garri and beaten brutally, before being burnt to death.
In a series of tweets by Harrison Obi, one of those who live in the area where the incident reportedly happened, the poor boy was beaten in Alaafia bus stop in Orile area of Lagos state, the same area where his sibling was stabbed to death.
1. Let me share my own side of this lynching story. From where the alleged thief was burnt, to my house is a trekable.
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
2. It is a notorious bus-stop for phone thieves i.e Alafia, the bus-stop before Orile, if you’re coming from Mile 2.
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
3. I lost my blood brother to these thieves in January of this year. He was 20, & was coming back from dance rehearsal.
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
30. It just connected, when i saw the tweets from @YomiShogunle confirming it was the same thief that my friend called
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
31. about. If i was there, i would have personally bought d fuel used in burning him. The thieves had no plans to stop
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
32. Hopefully, when the community starts to take matters into their hands and show these retards that we mean business,
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
34. to hand over his phone. I am against lynching by the way. But this particular issue is very personal to me. Thanks
— HARRISON (@Harri_Obi) November 16, 2016
In a swift response, the assistant commissioner of Police in Lagos state, Abayomi Shogunle, denied the incident, stating that nothing like that ever happened.
Report from Lagos Commissioner of @PoliceNG indicates that NO BOY CHILD WAS MOBBED/BURNT in Badagry or any part of the State as circulated
1— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) November 16, 2016
on Social Media.
A yet to be identified ADULT MALE corpse was today recovered at Orile area of Lagos State.
The ADULT MALE corpse has been
2— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) November 16, 2016
deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.@PoliceNG investigation ongoing to determine how this ADULT MALE died.
Detail press release later.
3— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) November 16, 2016
