There was tension in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory late Thursday as a mob reportedly lynched a yet-to-be-identified man over an alleged disappearance of a male organ.
It was gathered that one John raised the alarm that the man that was lynched spiritually stole his manhood after he came in contact with him.
The mob, who asked the deceased to return the manhood, were said to have beaten him to a pulp.
Confirming the incident, the FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed that the man attacked by the mob was dead.
Adeh added that Joh raised a false alarm and he had been arrested by the police.
Her words, “Our men upon getting a distress call yesterday immediately rushed to the scene to rescue him and rushed him to the hospital for treatment. However, he was later confirmed dead as a result of the severe injury inflicted on him.”
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She noted that the Commissioner of Police had warned that false allegations about organ disappearance would not be condoned in the FCT.
Adeh said, “The CP frowns on the allegation and mob attacks which have followed it. He has warned that it will not be tolerated in the FCT.”
Meanwhile, a commercial driver, who plies the road and does not want his name in print, disclosed on Friday that the incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday.
He confirmed it took the intervention of the police before the man was rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital.
He said, “Yesterday around 8 pm, some people gathered at Phase 2 here in Gwagwalada after a man had cried for help. The man claimed that he could not find his manhood after coming in contact with the man.
“The people started beating him to confess about what he did to the man. As they were beating him, they also asked him to return his “manhood” back to him. The beating lasted till when the police appeared. It was the police that took him to the hospital.”