The Ogun State Police command has condemned the current lynching of two suspected ritualists by a mob within the Oja Odan space of the state.
Ripples Nigeria reported that two folks recognized as Idowu Afolabi and Johnson Adebiyi have been stated to have been apprehended with recent human components by some youths in Oja Odan, Yewa-North Native Authorities Space of the state.
It was gathered that the 2 have been handed over to the police, however hours later, a mob of youths stormed the Oja Odan divisional headquarters the place the suspects have been detained and set them ablaze after releasing them.
In an announcement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command condemned the act, warning that “jungle justice has no place in our regulation.”
Oyeyemi who described the act as barbaric and illegal, warned residents of the state to desist from taking legal guidelines into their palms, including that such wouldn’t be condoned henceforth.
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The assertion reads partly, “Following an illegal killing and setting ablaze of two suspected ritualists in oja odan space of Ogun state on Saturday twelfth of February 2022, the Ogun state police command needs to warn most people that such barbaric and illegal motion will not be tolerated.
“Within the early hours of Saturday twelfth of February 2022, two suspected ritualists have been arrested and delivered to Oja odan divisional headquarters by some vigilant and regulation abiding members of the general public, with allegation {that a} recent human head hid in a sack was seen with them.
“Whereas the suspects have been being interrogated within the station, some unscrupulous parts went and mobilized giant quantity of people that invaded the station aggressively, overwhelmed the police personnel on responsibility and subsequently hijacked the suspects, beat them to demise and set their corpses ablaze.”
Oyeyemi warned {that a} suspect stays one till she or he is convicted by a courtroom of competent jurisdiction irrespective of how grevious the crime dedicated.
” is barely the courtroom that has the facility to impose punishment on anybody discovered responsible of against the law, not a person or group of individuals,” he stated.
He disclosed that the commissioner of police within the state, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered a full scale investigation into the incident with the view of bringing the perpetuators of the illegal killing to justice.
“The CP additionally appealed to members of the general public to trust within the nation legal justice system and desist from self assist as such is alien to the regulation of the land.”
By Oluwatobi Odeyinka.
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