Two unidentified middle-aged women suspected to be kidnappers were yesterday set ablaze by angry mob in Iwo, Osun state.
The suspects who were said to be three, one male and two females, were caught after kidnapping a child and that the women were apprehended around Market Square called Oja-Oba in Orieru area of the town while the man escaped.
The suspects were beaten to a pulp before being set ablaze. Meanwhile, residents in the area are said to be combing houses to fish out the third suspect and lynch him.
According to a resident, the suspects were first taken to the Palace of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, for him to decide their fate but were told to take them away.
However, the palace spokesman, Ibrahim Ali, debunked the claim, saying that the Oluwo was not at the palace when the incident happened and that the crowd was expected to take the suspects to the police station, not a palace.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Adie Undie, who confirmed the incident said that the angry mob did not allow the policemen in the town to move near the scene.
