Tragedy struck in Gidan Kalu Village, Birnin Yero, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as a mob brutally killed two men who were wrongly accused of being kidnappers.
The victims, identified as Muhammadu Sani, 45, and Aliyu Mohammed, 40, both from Umar Village in the same local government area, were travelling on a motorcycle to Tudun Wada, Zaria, on July 1 to visit their ailing uncle when the incident occurred.
According to the Kaduna State Police Command, residents became suspicious upon seeing the pair riding a new motorcycle and raised an alarm by shouting “thieves.”
In fear, the victims abandoned the motorcycle and fled, but they were pursued by an angry mob, beaten and lynched to death despite their pleas and explanations that they were innocent. Some members of the mob reportedly knew them.
Police operatives from the Birnin Yero Division swiftly responded to the report and arrested six suspects, including one Abdullahi
