[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n angry mob on Tuesday morning hacked and set ablaze a suspected kidnapper at 4Mile at Ikot Ansa in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State.
The alleged kidnapper who was a member of a notorious gang was according to one RoseMary Uchechi, an eyewitness beaten and burnt to death after a failed attempt to abduct two children along Parliamentary Extension. RoseMary explained that the 4-man kidnap gang tried to kidnap the 2 children along Parliamentary extension road when their mother was taking them to school.
Unfortunately, luck ran out of them as one of abducted Children raised alarm which attracted passerby. Rosemary Uchechi said, “The mother to the children was on her way to drop her two kids at school before they (Kidnappers) double crossed her with their vehicle a Nissan and abducted her children.
“In the process one of the kids raised alarm which attracted passersby and people in the area who gave them a hot chase including Federal Housing Police Division, who also pursued them”
“When they got to 4Miles it was like they disappeared into thin air not knowing they had entered a close, it was a brave lady who double crossed them and the angry mob now pounced on them and hacked the one with a gun to death before setting him ablaze while the arm of the second one was cut off before security agents took him away for questioning, with others escaping”.
It was learned that the victims they tried to kidnap were family members of an oil worker living at parliamentary area. When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Irene Ugbo confirmed the incident saying, “We have arrested one while the other was set ablaze by an angry mob.
“We also have the Nissan they used to carry out the operation and the suspect has been handed over to SARS for further interrogation, we are working hard to apprehend other members of the group that escaped”.