A 19-year-old suspect escaped lynching by the skin of his teeth at the
Wa Central lorry station in the Upper West Region (UWR) when he was
subjected to severe beating by an angry mob for attempting to steal a
stationary motorbike.
The suspect, Issahaku Muizdeen, who sustained multiple injuries, was
saved after taking refuge in a warehouse of a store-owner, one Alhaji
Inusah Sahanun.
Briefing “The Mirror”, the UWR Deputy Police Commander, Assistant
Commissioner of Police (ACP) Edward Oduro-Kwateng said Muizdeen
attempted to ride away on the motorbike using his master key last
Thursday.
The suspect, he said had wanted to capitalise on the busy commercial
activities and the large number of people around the vicinity to steal
the bike.
The deputy commander said as soon as he got on the bike, an on-looker
who had been detailed to keep an eye on the bike raised an alarm.This
attracted a mob of whom some pounced on the suspect and started beating
him mercilessly.
ACP Oduro-Kwateng said sensing danger with blood oozing all over his
body, Muizdeen took to his heels and sought refuge in the store of
Alhaji Sahanun, while pleading for mercy.
The ACP said Alhaji Saharun in turn called in the police who responded quickly to the distress call with an ambulance.
He said it took the police a hectic time to disperse the crowd who were
after the suspect’s blood. The police rushed Muizdeen on a stretcher
through a back door into the waiting vehicle to the UWR Police Hospital
after which they took him into custody for further investigation.
ACP Oduro-Kwateng reiterated the call to members of the public to
desist from meting out instant justice to alleged suspects. He said they
should rather arrest the person and hand him/her to law-enforcing
agencies with the relevant information that led to the arrest for
further investigations.
“We are worried at the alarming rate at which the youth are getting
involved in such mob actions. Apart from innocent blood being shed,
nobody has the right to take another person’s life without the due
process of the law”, he said.
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