As the
uproar over the discovery of a kidnappers’ den at Soka area, Ibadan, Oyo
State, is yet to die down, 25 pieces of items suspected to be human
tongues were found in the possession of a ‘madmad’ at Oluyole area of
the capital city.
We
gathered that one of two other ‘madman’ suspected to be working with the
one arrested was mobbed to death while the other one was seriously
injured and was rushed to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan,
for medical treatment.
Since the
unearthing of the kidnappers’ den last Saturday, residents of Ibadan had
decided to take their fate in their own hands as they turned themselves
to vigilantes going around on the lookout for those they suspected of
pretending to be mad people.
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Their efforts led to the different discoveries on Tuesday.
Also, two
female destitute were nearly mobbed to death at Muslim area of Ibadan on
Tuesday after two handsets and new cutlasses were found on them.
About
2,000 people reportedly swooped on them and macheted them, inflicting
deep injuries on them in the process, on the suspicion that they were
kidnappers disguising as mad people.
The mob was said to have almost set them ablaze before policemen from Idi Aro Division, who were alerted, rescued them.
They were
rushed to State Hospital, Adeoyo, Ibadan for medical attention while two
handsets- one Nokia and one Visafone – were recovered from them.
The mob
was said to have stopped vehicular movement along Iwo Road-Toll Gate
expressway at Muslim area, until policemen drafted to the scene
dispersed them and restored peace to the area.
Similarly,
another destitute was found at Elekuro area of the city on same day
with a lot of N50 and N20 notes kept in a polythene bag.
Immediately
the mob discovered this, they reportedly descended on him and almost
lynched him to death but he was also rescued by the police.
As of the time of filing this report, the policemen counting the money were said to have sorted out N47,000 from the cash.
When
contacted on the story of possession of human tongues, the state Police
Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, a Superintendent
of Police, said the suspect and the exhibits had been transferred to the
State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further
investigation.
She,
however, said that the police could not determine if the items recovered
were indeed human tongues, stating further that only forensic analysis
would reveal what they were.
The PPRO warned against people taking laws into their own hands, saying that they should allow police to do their job.
“Forensic test will also help us to prove if the tongues found with them were those of human beings or not.
“It is,
however, obvious that the Soka incident is the reason behind this
upheaval against madmen, but people should stop taking laws into their
hands.
“While members of the public may apprehend a suspect, they do not have any right to carry out extra judicial killings.
“Instead, they should hand over such suspects to the police,” Ilobanafor said.
NAN reports that two suspects were attacked at Oni and Sons area of Ibadan between 10.30 a.m and 1.30 p.m.
The third suspect was attacked at New Adeoyo Road at about 11.30 a.m.
Items
found with the suspects included a box containing three suspected
human tongues, knives, cell phones and a notepad containing a list of
names.
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