Map of Bauchi State in North East Nigeria
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Irate youths have beaten a 22-year old suspected motorcycle thief to death in Yelwa, a sub-urb of Bauchi metropolis.
The suspected, Ambima John, a resident of Doka area was alleged to be a motorcycle snatcher.
The Bauchi State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists in the state on Friday.
The statement was entitled: “CP orders investigation of irate mob action and jungle justice in Yelwa, Bauchi.”
Wakil, a Superintendent of Police said that the suspect was beaten to a coma and following an intelligence report, the Police swung into action and rushed him to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for treatment.
According to him, it was later while the suspect was at the hospital receiving treatment that a Medical Doctor confirmed him dead.
He said: “The Commissioner of Police Bauchi State Command, CP Umar Mamman Sanda, has ordered a thorough investigation into the barbaric and dehumanizing act of jungle justice meted on a 22yr old Ambima John by some irate youths in Yelwa, Bauchi.
“On 27th July, 2022 at about 9.00pm, intel was received from an anonymous person that one Ambima John ‘m’ aged 22yrs of Doka, a notorious motorcycle snatcher kingpin was beaten up to coma by an irate mob for attempting to rob a motorcycle.
“The scene was visited by patrol team Yelwa and evacuated the victim to ATBU Teaching Hospital Bauchi for treatment, later certified him dead by a medical doctor.”
The Police Spokesman said that in a reaction to the incident, the Commissioner of Police condemned the mob action by the mob without adherence to the law.
He said the CP described the action as “barbaric and inimical” to the laws of the land warning that anyone nobody has the right to kill any suspect arrested for any crime.
He however, advised that any suspect arrested should be handed over to security agencies for prosecution in accordance to the law.
“While reacting to the ugly incident, frowned at the action of the irate youths, who instead of taking the suspect to the Police for proper investigation and prosecution, mob the suspect arrested for allegedly stealing a motorcycle to death without any recourse to the law.
“CP Sanda described the act as barbaric and inimical to the law governing our dear country and warned Bauchi State indigenes that the command under his stewardship will not tolerate or allow some recalcitrant in the society to take the laws into their hands by killing suspects arrested for an alleged crime in such a dehumanizing and unlawful manner.
“He further warned that nobody has the right to treat a suspect in such a barbaric manner and it is wrong for anyone to assume the position of a law enforcement agency.
“Suspects apprehended in connection with any crime should be mediately handed over to the police or any law enforcement agencies saddled with the responsibility of investigating and prosecuting such.
“The Commissioner of Police appeals to the general public to be calm, as the investigation commenced in earnest,” Wakil stated.
