JUNGLE JUSTICE:Cow thief Lynched by angry mob

An angry mob have lynched a middle aged man suspected of being in possession of a stolen cow when he attempted to sell it at Charanchi village in Charanchi LGA, Katsina State.

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The man whose identity could not be ascertained by the time of writing this report was said to belong to a gang of cattle rustlers who allegedly stole cattle from Runka village of the state.

It was gathered that the mob descended on the alleged cattle thief when he brought one of the stolen cows to the popular Charanchi market.

An eyewitness told our correspondent that the mob descended on the suspected cattle thief “shortly after somebody identified the cow he brought for sale as being among those rustled.
“Prior to the incidence, there had been a case of rustling where some persons took away four cows. The man lynched to death brought one of the cows to sell at the market.”

The eyewitness who preferred not to be mentioned said attempts to prevent the killing of the suspected cattle thief by officials of the market and some security operatives were fruitless as the crowd defied all appeals and continued to rain blows on him till he breathed his last.
Our correspondent reports that persons whose cattle are stolen sometimes visit the Charanchi market, one of the biggest cattle markets in the state, to search for them.