There was pandemonium in Ede-Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Monday, July 4, after an ang3y mob incinerated two suspected rit¥alists in connection with the de@th of a 10-year-old girl.
According to reports, the girl, who was the daughter of one late Philip Ugwu of Umuidu, went missing few days ago and was later found de@d in a nearby bush with her eyes, bre@st and private parts removed.
“The girl who was about 10 years old was initially declared missing and the next day she was found de@d with her body badly m¥tilated. Her eyes was plugged out, her private parts were c#t off and taken away by the suspected rit¥alists.
Angered by the development, the elders and youths in the community went out of their way in search of what happened to the little girl. It was discovered that some members of the community were involved in the m#rder of the little girl, two persons were arrested by the member of the neighborhood watch, but the ang3y mob overpowered them and set them abl@ze,” a source said.
The suspects were simply identified as Ifeanyi, a native doctor, and Chidera. One of the suspects in a viral video confessed to the crime before he was whisked away by the mob.
An eyewitness in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said, “That was why when residents heard that the perpetrators of the dastardly act had been arrested by the Neighbourhood Watch, everybody rushed to their office. The crowd overpowered the security men and gr@bbed the two rit¥alists that k#lled the girl and set them on f#re and watched them b§3n to de@th. It was the intention of the security men to take the suspects to the police but they were overpowered by the mob
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