Vanguard reports that the victim, Simon Mbam, jumped into a pool in the area last week after being tortured for allegedly stealing the said sum from a shop in the market.
According to the report, Mbam’s trouble started on evening when he went out with his friends to buy drinks at the shop.
It was learnt that while Mbam and his friends were sipping their drinks, the owner of the shop raised an alarm over a missing N1,000 in his carton of drinks. The alarm attracted villagers who gave all the customers in the shop a day ultimatum to return the money or face the consequences.
The money was later found at the door step of the shop, but the owner of the shop insisted on knowing the person behind the act.
The report said that Mbam confessed to the crime and was allegedly severely beaten to stupor by the irate villagers who also fined him two goats, two crates of beer and N5,000. His mother immediately provided the items but the village head reportedly rejected the items until an additional N5000 was provided or the case would be taken to the police.
The frustration and humiliation faced by the suspect, it was learnt, drove him to jump into a pond near the market square. He drowned before he could be rescued.
The village head and four other people have been arrested by the police after the victim’s mother reported the matter.
What should be done to these people? Did Mbam deserve the treatment he got?
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