The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspects over the lynching of two travellers who were mistaken for kidnappers by a mob in Gidan Kalu Village, Birnin Yero, a few kilometres from Maraban Jos in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The victims, identified as Muhammadu Sani, 45, and Aliyu Mohammed, 40, both from Umar Village in Igabi LGA, were reportedly travelling on a motorcycle to Tudun Wada, Zaria, on July 1 to visit their ailing uncle when they were attacked.
According to the police, residents became suspicious after seeing the pair riding a new motorcycle and raised the alarm by shouting “thieves.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, said the victims abandoned the motorcycle and fled in fear after the accusation.
The statement said that despite explaining that they were not thieves, and although some members of the mob reportedly recognised them, they were chased, attacked and beaten to death.
