Woman Roasted to Death in Cross River after Mob Beating ! She was Burnt alive for …

Cross River mob roast 32-year-old lady in place of her boyfriend
who allegedly stole motorcycle  

A 32-year-old woman had been roasted to death over an alleged
stealing of motorcycle by her boyfriend in Obudu local government
area of Cross River State.

The victim, Miss Vivian, a graduate of Federal College of
Education (FCE) Obudu was said to have harboured the suspect who
was alleged to have murdered a commercial motorcycle operator with
a view to collecting his motorcycle.

An eyewitness, who declined identifying himself, said the victim
was set ablaze as her boyfriend that was alleged to have absconded
after stealing a motorcycle in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross
River State.

He said that the Vivian, popularly known as China in Obudu, was
roasted on Saturday on allegation that her boyfriend was involved
in the murder of Peter Akikieye, a commercial motorcyclist from
Obudu.

Akikieye was allegedly murdered when some persons attempted to
forcibly collected his motorcycle on the 23rd of December 2018,
along Bishiri road, Obudu.

“I came out of my house this morning and saw some boys beating
up China and asking her of her boyfriend. I identified some of the
boys to be cultists belonging to the KKs.

“They told the girl to call her friend. She took her phone,
tried to reach her friend but it was not successful. So they told
her that if her friend does not come out, they will burn her and
just like play, they did it.

“They dragged her and kept beating her from her house till they
got to the cyclists’ park and a big crowd of more than 500 persons
gathered and watched her being burnt alive.”

The witnessed alleged that the Police were on ground but
couldn’t save Vivian. “I was there live and saw it all. Two
well-known police officers were standing beside me watching the
whole scenario.

“Most of us from the opposing view; our opinion didn’t count
because we were so little compared to those who were chanting the
burning anthem.

“It took up to an hour before she was finally burnt,” a source
said.

But the Police Public Relations Officer, Ms Irene Ugbo lamented
the mob attack and roasting to death of the victim.

Speaking on phone, Ugbo said the victim harboured the suspect in
her house and when the angry mob made up of Obudu youths invaded
the compound, they pounced on the victim while the suspect
absconded.

“The woman was roasted to death by the youths of the community,
they couldn’t get to the suspect and they pounced on the lady that
harboured him in her house. The suspect was her friend”.

She said that the youths alleged that the suspect (absconded)
involved in various heinous crimes in the area including cultism,
“he absconded when the angry youths went to her friend’s house
where he took refuge.

“The angry mob attacked the woman, gave her thorough beating,
and roasted her to death. Some suspects have been arrested and they
would be prosecuted in law court soon,” she stated.

She recalled that the Police Command had severally warned mobs
not to take the law into their hands but they ignored it, “Sadly,
by the time the Police got to the place, the harm had been done,”
the PPRO said.

-[Daily Post]