A young man, identified to be mentally unstable (Craze), narrowly escaped death by a whisker as mob descended on him, on Tuesday, August 16....
A young man, identified to be mentally unstable (Craze), narrowly escaped death by a whisker as mob descended on him, on Tuesday, August 16. The incident which occurred near Edinburgh roundabout, Ogui New Layout attracted a large crowd who were enraged by what they saw. The man hit a boy who was returning from coaching class on the head with an iron rod, and the boy fell. According to reports by eye-witnesses, when they saw what happened to the boy, the crowd descended on the mad man with stones and wood and beat him up. An eye-witness, who pleaded anonymity, said the acclaimed mad man would have been killed but passers-by pleaded that he should be spared because he was not mentally fit. “The mad man was going in the same direction with the boy who was returning from a holiday lesson when the mad man hit him on the head. The people would have killed him if not that some people prevailed on them that he is mad man. “Women around the place shouted for help and drew the attention of the angry youths who came with different sizes of wood to kill the man. But the same women who drew the attention to the boy’s plight also shouted that the mad man should not be killed”. A source identified as Ben Okoro, who revealed that the boy was rushed to the hospital for treatment as blood rushed out of his head, said similar occurrence had taken place at Ogbete market and Gariki earlier this year. He said, “The boy was rushed to the hospital for treatment as blood gushed out of his head. The same thing happened early this year at Ogbete market and Gariki. The rate of attacks by men has been on the rise lately. It would be recall that a 37-year-old mother was attacked by a man with acid for not paying him for drug (non-payment of drug money).
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