A young man suspected to be ritualist was lynched yesterday by a mob in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, for allegedly consuming human feaces from Matthew Street area in the town.
It was gathered that the suspect was taken round parts of the state capital, including Okeyinmi, Matthew Street, Ijigbo and others before being lynched at Odo Ado.
People at the area claimed that the man had earlier been paraded in parts of the state capital, including the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, to report the incident.
Sources claimed that the deceased was sighted by an unidentified elderly woman while eating the fasces, who raised the alarm which prompted youths of the area to arrest him.
They stripped him naked and while beating him, the sources added, the victim sought help by mentioning some clergymen he claimed to know in the town.
The mob followed him to a white garment church at the Odo Ado Area, but when they couldn’t get the clergyman
The mob pulled down the roof of the church and destroyed its property, including all they found at an adjoining room the
None of the witnesses at the
The witnesses at the Red Roof refused to speak, claiming they could be victims of police raid when the security agents arrive to investigate the incident.
The witnesses said: “They said he was gathering feces into a bag at Matthew area, and they said it was an elderly woman that spotted him and raised the alarm.”
The Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State police command, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, could not be reached for his comments on the incident as his telephone was switched off.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Odo Ado said he was not at the office and had not been briefed of the incident, adding: “We are currently busy where the vice president is having an event.”
