The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection with the mob killing of two travellers who were wrongly accused of being kidnappers and thieves in Gidan Kalu Village, Birnin Yero Local Government Area of the state.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, the incident occurred on July 1 when the victims both from Umar Village in Igabi Local Government Area, were travelling on a motorcycle to Tudun Wada in Zaria to visit a sick uncle.
The police said the victims were passing through Gidan Kalu Village, a few kilometres from Maraban Jos, when some residents allegedly became suspicious after seeing them riding a new motorcycle and began shouting, “thieves.”
Fearing for their safety, the two men reportedly abandoned the motorcycle and fled. However, they were pursued by an angry mob, brutally attacked and lynched despite repeatedly insisting that they were not criminals.
The command noted that some members of the mob reportedly knew the victims personally.
