A member of a robbery gang who specialises in robbing unsuspecting victims with motorcycles has been set ablaze by an angry mob at Afor Nkpor market in the Idemili North local government area of Anambra state.
The armed robber was said to have, on arrival at the market, pointed a gun at some people in the market, and ordered them to surrender all they had to him immediately.
It was gathered that in the process of handing over the said items to him, one of the victims raised an alarm that they were being robbed, which attracted the attention of other passers-by.
On noticing that other people had been alerted, the armed robber attempted to speed off, but was held by some youths who rushed to the scene.
The armed robber was immediately set ablaze by the angry mob with his motorcycle, and some of the on-lookers identified him as one of a three-man armed robbery gang that escaped death by the whiskers when two of his accomplices were earlier set ablaze at the Ogidi building materials market, last week, according to The Punch.
It was gathered that the same motorcycle the armed robber escaped with was the one he also attempted to use in robbing again before he met his waterloo on Wednesday, July 13.
Meanwhile, the state police command is yet to verify the incident as of the time of filing this report.
