NSCDC rescues two suspected phone thieves from being lynched in Kwara
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
Timely intervention of the patrol team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has saved two suspected phone thieves from being lynched by irate mob at the Challenge area, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
According to a statement by the state NSCDC spokesman, Babawale Zaid Afolabi on Monday, the duo of Yusuf Aboderin, 32, and Mustapha Fatai, 28, made a futile attempt to steal a phone belonging to one Olatunji Akibu who boarded the same mini bus with them from Oja Oba to Olunlade in Ilorin.
He said: “Luck ran out of the two as they attempted to steal the phone of the complainant who raised an alarm which attracted the passers by, resulted in the beating of the two suspects before the timely arrival of our patrol team who rescued them from the mob.
“The two suspects who claimed to be surveyor and bricklayer respectively have confessed to have made the attempt to steal the phone but blamed it on the handiwork of the devil.”
The spokesman said the NSCDC Commandant, Iskilu Ayinla Makinde, has been fully briefed of the incident and has ordered full investigations after which the suspects would be charged to court.