Armed robber beaten to death by angry mob in Calabar (Graphic Photo)

A suspect who was caught red-handed robbing a house, was reportedly beaten to death by an angry mob. The body of the deceased has already been deposited at the Atakpa Police Division, Calabar South, on Thursday September 21.

A Police source who spoke to CrossRiverWatch, said a locally made pistol and a mask he was using was also recovered from him.

“It happened on Wednesday night at down Marina at about 8:30pm – 9pm. he was robbing a house and was caught by a local vigilante group there.” said the police source.

“When angry mob got to hear that there was robbery on going, they over powered the local vigilante group, took the suspect from their custody, dealt with him decisively, he has a lot of machete cuts, he was seriously beaten before we arrived.”

“When we arrived, we met Operation Skolombo and DSS and we took him to the hospital, he was gasping as if he would die, on reaching the hospital he was already dead.”