
JUNGLE JUSTICE: TWO POLICEMEN BEATEN TO DEATH AS CONVOY KILLS THREE
Two policemen have been beaten to death in Ikpeshi, a community in Akoko-Edo local government area, as a result of their convoy hitting a motorcycle, which resulted in the deaths of the rider and the passengers.
it was gathered that the policemen were in a Hilux as escort to a former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Emmanuel Agbaje, when the convoy ran into the motorbike.
Irate youths were said to have invaded the Edo State Security Volunteer Network office where the policemen were taken to for protective custody, overran the facility, and beat two of them to death, while members of the vigilante group were able to rescue the two others who are said to be receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
The rifles of the police officers were also recovered.
The angry youths were said to have attacked the vigilante office and destroyed its furniture while threatening to deal with their members who tried to rescue the police officers.
Reports say the affected officers were from Police Mobile Force 19, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.