BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto-
Irked by the way bandits have continued to gain courage to kill, steal, rape and kidnap innocent citizens unhindered, some youths in Goronyo LGA of Sokoto State have taken the path of jungle justice by setting three suspected bandits ablazed.
The bandits were said to have met their Waterloo when they stormed Ruga village, a Fulani settlement at the outskirts of Goronyo LGA .
An eyewitness, Malam Ibrahim Goronyo, disclosed that the three suspected bandits including a woman came to Ruga at about midnight to rustle cattle but were severely resisted by the Fulanis which led to the arrest of the three suspects.
According to him, due to the increasing rates of bandits’ attack in the area, most of the locals have gone ahead to fortify themselves against bullets, cutlasses and knives and other dangerous objects.
“Hence, bullets don’t penetrate the Fulani’s of Ruga settlement, they braces the odd, dare the monsters (bandits), went after them and arrested two men and a woman in the process”. He said.
It was gathered, that the Fulanis, in an effort to tow the path of the law, took the three suspected bandits to the local vigilante in the morning for onward transfer to the appropriate authority.
Suspecting that the vigilantes might be trying to transfer the bandits to the nearest police station, the youths of that community came out enmass to demand for jungle justice on the suspected bandits.
They attacked the office of the vigilante group were the suspected were temporary kept.
One of the youths who prefered anonimity said, “We got the news of what hapened late in the night and decided that we will go to Ruga settlement the next morning to find out for ourselves”.
“We were however told in the morning that those arrested bandits have been taken to the office of the vigilante group. We instantly mobilized youths of the community and followed up to the vigilante group”.
“While at the vigilante group office, our anger was aroused by the comments of the bandits who were claiming that even if they were taken to the security agencies, they will soon regain their freedom”.
“On hearing that, the youths decided to go for jungle justice. They overpowered the local vigilante and set their office ablaze. One of the suspects died inside the office while the two others tried to escape through the window but were caught, killed, and their corpses burnt to ashes”.
As at the time of filing this report, all efforts to reach the Sokoto State Police Public Relations Officer proved unsuccessful.
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