Tension in Imo community as mob lynches suspected cultist for stabbing mechanic to death

<p>“No life was lost. We make sure that it did not escalate. We were able to bring the situation under control.”</p>, <p>Okpe added that 14 people were injured – four men, five women, two male children and three female children.</p>, <p>“We have rescued all of them and relocated them appropriately.</p>, <p>“The vehicle involved in the accident had the registration number BDG 993 YG, a Mazda bus,” she said.</p>, <p>Okpe explained that the incident occurred at 10:45am on Sunday.</p>, <p>When reached, Henry Okoye, spokesman for the Imo State Police Command, said that he had not yet received a briefing on the matter, promising to inform our correspondent once briefed.</p>, <p>Confirming the incident, the Secretary of Ogbaku Youth Association, Justice Chukwunatu Nwafor, said the matter had been reported to the police at Ogbaku Police Division and that normalcy has been restored in the area.</p>, <p>DAILY POST gathered that the tragedy occurred at about 11am yesterday at Umuonyeashi, Nsokpo Ogbaku, and the people of the community retaliated almost immediately and stoned Jasper to death.</p>, <p>Contacted, the spokesman of the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, said “no incident of that nature had been reported.</p>, <p>A three-floor building under construction collapsed on Sunday at Ladipo Oluwole Street in the Apapa area of Lagos State.</p>, <p>The tragedy, which has been confirmed by the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Ayah, started in the evening of Friday when a friend of the deceased, described as a vulcanizer at Ganaja junction, Lokoja, branched to urinate close to a building owned by one of the residents of the quarters.</p>, <p>The block of flats according to sources collapsed yesterday evening.</p>, <p>The 47-year-old hotelier was arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command.</p>, <p>“The Zonal Coordinator Swiftly activated the Federal and State Fire Service and other response Agencies to the scene of incident. The ZC coordinated the rescue operation and the evacuation