Mob attack
A man accused of stealing a loaf bread in Yenagoa was recently sent to an early grave by angry mob.
A 32 year old Ebimotimi Freeborn was lynched along Tombia-Amassoma Road in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state.
The police are already investigating the death of the young man.
The state Police Public Relations officer, Asinim Butswat yesterday named the suspects behind the man death.
The suspects, according to the Police PRO are Preye Mathew, Theophilus Tiro and Famous Precious.
Said the PPRO :’The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the mob action by an unruly crowd, which led to the death of Ebimotimi Freeborn, 32.
The suspects, Preye Mathew,50, Theophilus Tiro, 28, and Famous Precious, 22, were arrested on July 9, 2023, around 5pm along the Tombia-Amassoma Road, after an angry mob lynched the suspect to death for allegedly stealing bread.
The command condemns the action of the mob and warns members of the public to desist from taking laws into their own hands. The suspects are undergoing interrogation and would be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.’
