A man met his untimely end at the hands of angry villagers in Umuoji area of Anambra state. The deceased identified as Paschal Chinazor Onyilo, who was a sound/music operator and even worked for the Anambra government, was alleged to be a kidnapper and was beaten to pulp before he finally gave up the ghost.
It was gathered that last week,
Paschal Onyilo, a native of Abatete in Idemili North LGA of Anambra
State, was driving to Obosi area to set up his sound equipment for an
event.
However on getting to Umuoji, some school children threw
stones at his vehicle and caused some damage. He then alighted from the
vehicle to accost the kids over the damage. All of them ran away except
one boy who was caught by Paschal.
It was learnt that Paschal
held the boy and requested that he should take him to his parents as he
drove him in his car. Meanwhile the other children who had escaped –
raised an alarm that a certain man had ‘kidnapped’ one of them.
The
villagers quickly mobilized themselves, came back and confronted
Paschal. They didn’t give him a chance to explain himself and pounced on
him immediately beating mercilessly. His car was also set on fire
before he was rescued by the police.
The villagers who saw some
political stickers in his car – accused him of being a kidnapper who
works for politicians in the state and was looking for children to use
for rituals.
By the time help came, Paschal was already
unconscious and he was taken to Iyi-Enu Hospital, Ogidi. He did survive
an emergency surgery and was able to narrate what happened to the police
and others that visited him in hospital.
Unfortunately, Paschal gave up the ghost days later from the injuries sustained from the mob action.
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