A 30-year-old man identified as Abbas Musa has been beaten to death by youths in Gwada, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, for attempting to abduct a three-year-old boy from an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp.
The police spokesman in the state, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident but said the abduction was outside the camp.
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DSP Abiodun said, “One Abbas Musa, aged 30, of Sha-Kwana, Zumba, was lynched by a mob. The suspect was found in possession of a baby suspected to have been stolen from Jaga-Jaga area of Gwada, and not in an IDP camp as speculated.”
The Chairman of Shiroro LGA, Suleiman Dauda Chukuba, also confirmed the incident.
A source at the speculated IDP camp in Gwada who spoke in confidence told Daily Trust that the man, dressed as a woman, was attempting to take the boy out of the camp when a woman noticed him and raised alarm.
