The busy town of Gboko in
Benue state was thrown into
confusion on Wednesday, July
27, 2016 as mob in the area
burnt an unidentified young
man. The young man allegedly
stole a three month old baby
from a house at Bristow round-
about in the aftrenoon.
"We just heard the baby's
mother screaming 'thief, thief'
and we came out only to see
the boy running with the
baby, Some boys in the area
collected the baby and started
beating him while the others
were looking for tyre and
calling more people to come
out. He was begging and crying
but the other boys did not
listen," a source said. The
incident caused traffic gridlock
popular road which connects
the Benue to Cross River
state. Police officers were yet to
arrive the scene of the incident
as at press time.