The Ondo State police command, on Tuesday, said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami, said two suspects have been arrested over their alleged jungle justice meted out on Tope.
Odunlami added that the suspects would be charged in court for murder and arson, and appealed to members of the public never to take laws into their hands.
“We need to see ourselves as one and love each other. We should first see ourselves as human beings before becoming either commercial motorcyclists, policemen or any other professionals.
“As of now, no one can confirm if the dead young man in question was an internet fraudster,” she said.
The Punch Metro had published that an angry mob on Monday stoned Tope to death when his allegedly reckless driving caused an accident that resulted in the death of two persons and injured six others.
The late Tope was said to have allegedly rammed into about five commercial motorcycles with their passengers along Ijoka road, by Sunday bus stop, Akure, in Ondo state capital.
The irate mob had allegedly beaten and stoned the reckless driver, Tope, to death and set his car ablaze.
