Police arrest two over lynching of phone thief in Anambra, warn residents

<p>The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has cautioned residents against taking laws into their hands in the event of crime.</p>, <p>Adeoye said the command would no longer condone situations where people engage in jungle justice by lynching suspects to death without trial.</p>, <p>DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement, quoted the CP on Friday as saying that perpetrators would be charged with murder.</p>, <p>He described any mob lynching of crime suspects as bestial and worse than their victims.</p>, <p>The PPRO said two suspects had been arrested for involvement in a recent mob lynching that resulted in the death of suspected criminals.</p>, <p>“Someone steals a phone, and a mob kills him. The sentence for stealing a phone is three years imprisonment.</p>, <p>“Those who lynch commit murder, which carries the death penalty because the Courts have not delegated anyone outside the judiciary to try, convict and execute suspects,” he said.</p>