Francis Uroh, a native of Amasiri community, had on
Saturday conveyed a passenger to Ehugbo
community, a nearby town, in
the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi
State. When someone raised the
alarm that he had seen his stolen motorcycle, which
immediately prompted the youths of the area to
descend on Uroh, beating him to death.
According to the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Afikpo
North LGA, Chief
Oko Enyum, the youths of
Amasiri had mobilised for reprisal, but for his
intervention which averted a “war in this area.”
Reacting to the development in a statement, a federal lawmaker representing Afikpo North/South Federal
Constituency in the House Representatives, Iduma
Igariwey, condemned the killing. He regretted that the youths took
the law into their own hands and blamed them for not
reporting the theft to law enforcement agents and said that
“The law enforcement agents should arrest
and prosecute the perpetrators; their actions are
barbaric.”
Saturday conveyed a passenger to Ehugbo
community, a nearby town, in
the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi
State. When someone raised the
alarm that he had seen his stolen motorcycle, which
immediately prompted the youths of the area to
descend on Uroh, beating him to death.
According to the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Afikpo
North LGA, Chief
Oko Enyum, the youths of
Amasiri had mobilised for reprisal, but for his
intervention which averted a “war in this area.”
Reacting to the development in a statement, a federal lawmaker representing Afikpo North/South Federal
Constituency in the House Representatives, Iduma
Igariwey, condemned the killing. He regretted that the youths took
the law into their own hands and blamed them for not
reporting the theft to law enforcement agents and said that
“The law enforcement agents should arrest
and prosecute the perpetrators; their actions are
barbaric.”
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