EXCLUSIVE: Two Robbers Burnt To Death In Lagos

Two Robbers has been set ablaze by angry residents in Tolu area of Olodi Apapa in Lagos State, this incident has caused noticeable tension. It was learnt that the angry residents descended on the two armed robbery suspects caught in the area and burnt them to death instantly.

 The police at the Tolu division and the Area B command were currently searching for those who carried out the act, creating apprehension in the area as residents are afraid of possible raids., a reports said.


It was gathered that more police detectives had been patrolling the area which is also a flashpoint for cultism, street fights, robbery and other criminalities.

The two armed robbery suspects were said to have been caught on Bale Street on Saturday and set ablaze.

According to a reports by SaharaReporters;  a police report from the Tolu division obtained confirmed that one of the burnt robbery suspects was identified as Monday Okunomo while the identity of the other remained unknown as of the time of this report.

“At around 3pm, information was received that two suspected armed robbers were caught and set ablaze by some boys at Bale Street, Tolu. Policemen mobilised to the scene and met the corpses still burning. Immediately the boys sighted the police, they took to their heels.

“The photographs of the burnt corpses were taken and evacuated to the Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba, for an autopsy. Effort is ongoing to track and arrest the perpetrators,” the police report partly reads.