A 32-year-old man identified as Ikechukwu Anigbo, a barber, was reportedly killed and burnt around a popular relaxation centre at the old London Lane, in Apo, Abuja at the weekend, after he was allegedly mistaken for a robber.
Daily Trust reports that the deceased’s friend, one Chukwudi Orji had visited his barbing salon on Saturday. However, about 30 minutes after he left, Orji was said to have received news of violence involving some motorcyclists and at about 11p.m, he learnt that his friend, Anigbo was the victim of the violence.
According to Orji, “I saw the fire, but I did not know that someone was inside. There was smoke everywhere; there was no way you would have known that there was someone in the fire, except you were there or somebody told you about it,” he said. Reports have it that a quarrel had ensued between the deceased who hails from Aku in Enugu State and a motorcyclist over N10 “change,” he was supposed to have collected after paying his fare.
It was alleged that during the argument, the motorcyclist attracted his colleagues to the scene by shouting “thief”.
According to the taskforce chairman of Abuja Spare Parts Dealers Association, Apo, Mr. Ezema Virginus Chukwudike, “The mob that gathered following the alarm collected tyres from a vulcanising workshop near the scene and set the deceased on fire.”
The taskforce chairman reportedly lamented the excesses of motorcyclists in satellite towns within the territory and the need to be curbed. “When news of the incident spread, people became angry. They wondered why the motorcyclists would burn an innocent man. Even the man who volunteered to carry the corpse after he had been killed, was chased away.
“This is not the first time that motorcyclists are killing someone over a paltry sum of money.
“A similar thing happened in Kabusa, when a boy was stabbed because of change. Another man was killed on Wumba road. The same change issue led to the death of a man in Damagaza. In his case, after he was killed, they kept him near a river until the next day,” Chukwudike was quoted to have said.
“The last time such an incident occurred in the area, the traders protested and it took the intervention of policemen to bring the situation under control,” he added.
He noted that the matter was reported at the Apo Police Station.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, ASP Anjuguri Manzah said, “There was a disagreement last night between two opposing groups and we are in the know.”
Manzah said there are several versions of the incident. While some insist that the late Anigbo did not commit any crime, some alleged that he attempted to snatch the motorcycle but was overpowered by the motorcyclists.
However, “A thorough investigation is ongoing to give a clearer picture of what actually transpired,” he said.
The taskforce chairman, speaking further, said government should stop motorcyclists from arming themselves with daggers.
“Why should government allow them to move around with daggers unchallenged?” he asked.
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Posted: at 13-03-2016 10:01 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
emma4love3 at 14-03-2016 06:03 AM (8 years ago) (m)
this is not good human wil burn another human....na waooo
Posted: at 14-03-2016 06:03 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
I see..Mehn!na so the economy of the country bad reach,,,bcuse of 10 naira dem dey kill person,last tym na bcus of 200 naira,,chai tins dan rilli turn upside down oooooo...Rip to d deceased..issokay
Posted: at 14-03-2016 07:36 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
BournIdentity at 14-03-2016 08:11 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Oyinbo people say everything in life is funny wen its not happening to u,,, as dem laugh so burn am over N10,, make person also light fire 4 dier body to show dem say no b laughing mata, morons
Posted: at 14-03-2016 08:11 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
christiano10 at 14-03-2016 09:17 AM (8 years ago) (m)
See what Buhari's promised change is causing! Okada riders now kill innocent people because of that same change. The government need to put a stop to this madness, or........
Posted: at 14-03-2016 09:17 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
I see..Mehn!na so the economy of the country bad reach,,,bcuse of 10 naira dem dey kill person,last tym na bcus of 200 naira,,chai tins dan rilli turn upside down oooooo...Rip to d deceased..issokay
Some people are so heartless
Posted: at 14-03-2016 11:58 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
Deprince3 at 15-03-2016 06:33 AM (8 years ago) (m)
THAT IS NIGERIA'S DOUBLE STANDARD FOR YOU, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH HAUSA - FULANI IN NIGERIA MUST BE GIVEN SPECIAL PREFERENCE, COW REARES ARE ARMIMG THEMSELVES WITH AK 47 UNQUESTIONED WHILE OKADA RIDERS ARE ARMING THEM SELVES WITH DAGGER, THIS REMINDS ME MY EXPERIENCE IN OBALANDE IN 2010 , IF NOT BY GOD GRACE THIS IDIOTS WOULD'VE KILLED ME, AM JUST WALKING ON MY OWN BEFORE SOMEONE DROVE OKADA PASS ME AND STOPPED CAME BACK AND SLAP ME THAT I DIDN'T COMOT FOR ROAD FOR HIM , I DIDN'T KNOW HE IS A SOLDIER OKADA RIDE BUT I SLAPPED HIM BACK WE START FIGHT , WHEN I OVER POWERED HIM HE START SHOUTING THIEF THIEF IN HAUSA LAUGUAGE BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL HAUSA IN OBALANDE GATHERED AND START HITTING ME WITHOUT ASKING WHAT I STOOLD FROM HIM , IF NOT MY HAUSA FRIEND(A POLICE OFFICER) WHO CAME AROUND THERE AND SAW IT WAS ME AND SHOT ON AIR WITH WITH THE THEN IG OF POLICE SON , THEY SAVE ME AND ARRESTED SOME OF THE GUYS WHILE OTHERS RUNAWAY. IT WAS WHEN WE GOT TO STATION WE KNOW THAT THE USELESS GUY IS NEWLY ARMY RECRUIT.
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