{"id":21120,"date":"2019-09-30T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=21120"},"modified":"2019-09-30T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:41:49","slug":"three-suspected-kidnappers-burnt-to-death-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=21120","title":{"rendered":"Three suspected kidnappers burnt to death in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An angry mob on Monday morning burnt to death three\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/350178-police-arrest-1154-suspected-kidnappers-in-eight-months-igp.html\">suspected kidnappers<\/a>\u00a0at Dutse Alhaji area in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their female victim was rushed to Kubwa General Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the scene of the incident, a Vehicle Inspection Office officer, Aminu Umar, told NAN that the incident happened at about 8:00 a.m. when a woman inside a moving vehicle was heard screaming for help.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe lady was suddenly pushed out of the vehicle while screaming. A motorist, who saw what happened, pulled over in front of the vehicle and blocked it under the Dutse Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom there, Okada riders (motorcyclists) surrounded the vehicle and told them to come out.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey asked them if the vehicle was one chance (kidnappers) and the next thing, they started beating them and eventually put fire on them and the vehicle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sylvanus Ekpenyong, Route Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said his men were alerted by some people while on duty at Dutse.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were at Dutse junction and we got information that there was traffic building up before the Dutse Bridge because a vehicle was on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe rushed down there to clear the road only to see three dead burnt bodies and a burnt vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we made inquiries from eyewitnesses, they said it was one chance (kidnappers).<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo we are here to ensure free traffic flow of vehicles but we don\u2019t know the exact group of people who burnt them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A witness who is also a motorcyclist, Aliyu Mohammed, said that angry motorcyclists attacked and burned the suspects because it was obvious they were kidnappers as described by the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mohammed said it was the normal tactics of kidnappers operating in Abuja to push victims out of their moving vehicle after carrying out their illegal act.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He, however, said that the incident of today would serve as a warning to all those involved in such activities within the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NAN also reports that security agents were on ground to ensure the bodies of the suspects were evacuated to a nearby mortuary as they ensured peace and free flow of vehicles in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>NAN<\/strong><br \/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An angry mob on Monday morning burnt to death three\u00a0suspected kidnappers\u00a0at Dutse Alhaji area in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. Their female victim was rushed to Kubwa General Hospital for treatment. At the scene of the incident, a Vehicle Inspection Office officer, Aminu Umar, told NAN that the incident happened at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}