The Anambra State Police Command says it has rescued two persons accused of ritual killing by an irate mob in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state from being lynched to death.
A man and a woman were being paraded naked by members of the community as they carried the corpses of the victims they were accused of killing in a wheelbarrow around the area.In a trending video circulating on social media, a voice narrated that the suspects allegedly killed three persons with the intention of using them for money rituals, before they were caught by the villagers.
Ikenga said the suspects, who were humiliated and paraded as shown in the video by the angry mob, were erroneously accused of the killing because they were seen at the scene where the murder took place. He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, while reacting to the incident sued for calm and ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka for a comprehensive investigation.
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