SOKOTO — An angry mob on Saturday have killed and later burnt 13 bandits to ashes, after attacking divisional police headquarters in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The bandits were said to have invaded the town around 8 pm on Friday where they killed two people including a shopowner, which angered the youths on Saturday to joined police officers from the area to go after the bandits.
In the process 13 of the suspected bandits were apprehended in Tangaza forest and were brought to the divisional police headquarters and residents followed the team to the divisional police station and demanded that the bandits must be killed in their presence.
It was gathered that the angry mob overpowered the police and killed all the suspects whose corpses were later burnt to ashes their despite pleas from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and the local government chairman.
ASP Sanusi Abubakar, the spokesman for the Sokoto Police Command, confirmed the incident but declined further comment.
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