First-Class Graduate Of The University Of Ibadan Beaten To Death For Allegedly Stealing Bread, Suspects Arrested In The Incident
On July 11, 2023, a University of Ibadan First-Class Graduate was found dead after allegedly stealing bread. Suspects in the case were arrested.
Ebimotimi became the target of an angry mob after an alarm was triggered, which caused the crowd to act quickly.
Opuofoni Freeborn Ebimotimi, a graduate with a first-class standing from the University of Ibadan in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, was beaten to death by a mob in Bayelsa State on the suspicion that he had stolen food.
According to SaharaReporters' findings, the graduate was shot and died in the wee hours of Sunday morning in Honeyhill Tombia, Bayelsa State.
The police have confirmed the terrible fatality and stated that three individuals have been apprehended in connection with the incident.
According to Peoples 93.1 FM in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, Ebimotimi, who was a native of the Korokorosei community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government area, was accused of stealing from a business owner in the community. The station is based in the city of Yenagoa
Idisemi Opuofoni Freeborn, his younger sister, stated that neighbors and friends who saw the incident went to the scene of the activities and pleaded with the angry teenagers to allow him to live, promising to pay for the bread in double folds, but the angry youths denied the appeal and killed him. His younger sister added that the angry youngsters did not listen to the pleading of his friends and neighbors and killed him.
Idisemi claims that ever since their father passed away, life has been unfair to them, and he says that this is why he stole bread to satisfy his hunger.
On Tuesday, the Bayelsa State Police Command issued a communiqué, which SaharaReporters was able to get, stating that three individuals had been arrested and that an investigation was still ongoing.
"The Bayelsa State Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the mob action by an unruly crowd that led to the death of Ebimotimi Freeborn'm' 32 years,"
"The suspects; Preye Mathew 'f' 50 years, Theophilus Tiro'm' 28 years, and Famous Precious'm' 22 years were captured on 9 July 2023 at around 1700 hours at Tombia- Amassoma road after an irate crowd lynched the suspect to death for allegedly stealing bread
"The Command denounced the behaviour of the mob and cautioned members of the public to desist from taking the law into their own hands. The suspects are currently being questioned by police, and the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, stated that the suspects will be charged with the crime after the investigation was over.
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First-Class Graduate Of The University Of Ibadan Beaten To Death For Allegedly Stealing Bread, Suspects Arrested In The Incident
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