Police rescue 35-year-old man from mob attack

Police rescue 35-year-old man from mob attack
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By Our Reporter  on October 6, 2015   National


•After raping 13-year-old girl
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
A patrol team of the Bayelsa State Police command at the weekend, rescued a man from being lynched by a mob after allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl along the Akenfa area of Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
 According to investigation, the 35-year- old suspect identified as Akpobomei (surname withheld) was apprehended by the angry crowd after defiling the girl. Checks indicated  that the victim was lured out of her parents’ home by the suspected rapist with sweet and warned her not to inform the parents of the atrocity.
 The Police spokesman in the state, Astimin Butswat, who confirmed the incident, said: “On October 4  at about 9.30p.m, policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Yenagoa, responded to a distress call from residents of Akenfa 1 community, Yenagoa.
“On arrival, they met an irate mob attacking one Akpobomei aged 35 for allegedly raping a 13- year- old girl. The suspect was rescued and was subsequently detained.”
Meanwhile, three suspected armed robbers, who allegedly rode in a tricycle to rob innocent passengers, were rescued from being lynched by a mob in Amarata community in the state at about noon yesterday. According to an eyewitness, Solo, the suspects were chased by the angry crowd after the alarm raised by the victim, who was  pushed out of a moving tricycle after being dispossessed of her cash and valuables along Imgbi road axis of Amarata community in the state capital.
 One of the witnesses said: “People around the area suddenly saw a man being thrown out of a moving ‘Keke Napep’ and he raised the alarm that thieves had dispossessed him of huge sum of money. Two commercial tricyclists and a car gave the tricycle a hot chase and apprehended the suspects at the Imgbi road roundabout. Before the mob could descend on them, armed policemen came to their rescue.”
Butswat commended the commitment of members of the public in assisting the police in fighting crime in the state, but appealed to them to desist from beating suspects.