Valentine: Man Burnt To Death Over StolenGifts For Lover!

A robber, who strongly believed he must
show love to his lover on Valentine Day by
any means possible, has been burnt to
death by an irate mob in Warri, Delta State.
The Valentine lover was lynched and burnt
to death by the mob after his failed attempt
to steal gift items he intended to present to
his lover from a boutique in Udu area of
Delta State.
NextVoice, On Saturday learnt that the
deceased was reported to have stolen some
clothes from a roadside boutique along
Orhurunwho Road near Warri, but was not
lucky as the shop owner raised an alarm
when he attempted to escape.
It was gathered that the deceased had gone
to the boutique pretending to be shopping
for his girlfriend for the Valentine’s Day
when he suddenly brought out a gun to
intimidate both the shop owner and her
sales girl.
He was, however, given a hot chase as he
stepped out of the shop after picking the
few items in a bag and the shop owner (a
lady), raised an alarm, which attracted her
neighbours.
The robber lover, however, remained
unrelenting as he shot into the air when it
became obvious that those chasing him
were catching up with him. The gunshot
that was meant to create panic did not yield
its desired result as those chasing after him
intensified the hot chase.
He was later caught with a rubber bag
containing female clothes and about five
pairs of jean material, which he said he stole
as valentine gifts for his girlfriend since he
could not afford to buy.
The irate mob that chased the deceased
lynched and burnt him alive, close to the
popular Esco Superstore, along the ever-
busy road.
The incident, which happened about 6:30
p.m., caused heavy traffic gridlock along the
road where hundreds of residents thronged
to catch a glimpse of the deceased.
But in a swift reaction, the state police chief,
Mamman Tsafe, said there was no need for
people to take laws into their hands
especially now that the police were on top
of security situation in the metropolis.
He disclosed that his men were all out and
their counter offensive against armed
robbers have started yielding results, adding
that two notorious armed robbers were on
Sunday night shot dead by the Police in
Warri and another escaped with bullet
wound.
The state Commissioner of Police, who
spoke through the Area Commander Delta
South, Yaro Abutu said the exploits of the
bandits came to a dead end when they
snatched a white Hilux Van with registration
number Lagos DN815JJJ.
He said a police AK-47 rifle was recovered
from the suspects who were killed during
exchange of gunfire.
The latest sad development of jungle justice
has brought to twelve (12) the number of
suspected robbers that were burnt to death
in Warri metropolis and its environs by
angry residents who appear to have lost
hope in the judicial system to bring about
justice.
Investigations revealed that the cases of
extra-judicial killings which had been going
on in the city in the past few years, recorded
the highest casualty last year alone when
incidents of armed robbery and kidnapping
rose to frightening heights, leaving
residents at the mercy of the perpetrators of
these dastardly acts.