admin
Three suspected transformer vandals were Thursday night beaten to death as an angry mob of youths from two Imo communities dispensed ‘instant justice’.
The vandals who were famed to possess and deploy voodoo powers to induce sleep on security guards at their target transformer houses, were apparently let down by their black magic which could not save them from when it mattered most.
Two of the suspects whose names were
given as Ifeanyi Mgbakabala and Kelechi Eke(aka Agwo) hailed from Amagwa
kindred in Umuagwu village in Umuohiagu, while the other suspect’s identity
could not be ascertained as at news time.
Eyewitnesses told crimefacts.news that the vandals who specialized in vandalizing electricity transformers within the airport communities, were apprehended at Umuekwune kindred in Umuorisha village, attempting to vandalize the only remaining transformer in Umuohiagu.
They were said to have equally
vandalized eight transformers in Umuohiagu alone in the past three months,
effectively throwing the community into darkness. This was even as they also
vandalized the cable being installed for the new radio house for the Sam Mbakwe
International Cargo Airport, Owerri.
The suspects had also, about four
weeks ago, vandalized the transformer at the permanent base of the
Nigeria Air Force at nearby Umuowa, a development that led to detention of the
two Airforce personnel on guard for three weeks.
It was further learned that sequel
upon the several vandalism, youth leaders in various villages had mobilised
youths of the community when they learnt of the action at Umuekwune and alerted
the Airforce men as they chased the suspects. Luck ran out on two of the
suspects, who were apprehended while one escaped.
Witnesses said the suspects were
dragged to the major road before the airport, where they were about being set
ablaze before Airforce officers arrived the scene.
While Ifeanyi and Agwo were beaten
within an inch of their lives before being handed over to the Nigerian Airforce
personnel, where they gave up the ghost, the other suspect escaped to nearby
Egbelu Obube community where he was reportedly caught and set ablaze by the
youths of the village.
Before they were beaten to death,
the suspects, had reportedly confessed to having used black magic to induce on
security guards and people around their target transformer, including the
guards at the Airforce Base, who they narrated went into deep sleep while they
vandalized the transformers and cables.
The apprehension of the suspects and their confessions,
crimefacts.news gathered led to the release of the detained Airforce personnel Friday morning.
One of the suspects, Ifeanyi, was
said to be the only son of his parents. He was said to have just returned from
prison about four months ago having spent about eight months in prison for
alleged armed robbery offence. Most popular online casino in Canada
