The Delta State Police Command has nabbed an 18-year-old suspect, Ebube Linus, for raising a false alarm of manhood disappearance which caused a mob to beat an elderly woman mercilessly.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Delta, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the suspect’s arrested in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday.
Edafe said that on Sunday, October 8, at DBS Road in Asaba, Linus raised an alarm that an old woman inside a tricycle touched him, causing his penis to disappear.
The police spokesman said that the alarm attracted the attention of over 100 ‘misguided’ touts who gathered and mobbed the woman, stripping her naked and beating her to stupor.
“The command was contacted and the DPO GRA Division Asaba led policemen to the scene, rescued the woman, and arrested the suspect who we later discovered that nothing was wrong with him, as his manhood is intact.
“He just lied against a poor woman, a mother, a daughter, and a wife. Now the video of her being beaten and stripped naked is all over the internet. Does this make any sense? Why embark on self-help? why jungle justice?” the police spokesman queried.
He added that the police are hunting for everyone shown in the video beating up the woman, promising that they would be arrested and dealt with in accordance with the law alongside the suspect.
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