Angry Mobs Burn Lecturer To Death For Killing 5 Pupils In Car Accident

Another mob lynching as a Lecturer at the at the Taraba College of Education (COE) Zing, Alhaji Kassimu Umar, was set ablaze by angry mobs after he allegedly killed five primary school pupils with his car.

The incident which happened on Friday in Jalingo was confirmed by the Taraba State Police Command PPRO, Mr Joseph Kwaji,

According to Kwaji, the enraged mobs forcefully pulled Umar out from the Pupule Police Outpost where he went to report the incident, and burnt him to death after beating him up.

“In the early hours of today, one Kassimu Umar, who is believed to be a lecturer with COE, Zing had knocked down five primary school pupils in Zing, who all died on the spot. After he reported the incident to the Pupule Police Outstation, irate youths in their hundreds, stormed the station, dragged him out and lynched him. 

"Our investigation revealed that the lecturer was trying to dodge a trailer, when he ran over the pupils whose ages ranged between eight and 11 years,” he said.

However, the PPRO said they were investigating the matter but added that no arrest so far had been made. (NAN)

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