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Police officers from the Sapele Division in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday night rescued a suspected phone thief from being lynched by some angry mob who apprehended him after he allegedly attacked one of their kinsmen around Shell Road and New Road in Sapele.
DAILY POST gathered that the suspect, alongside a member of his criminal gang who fled the scene, allegedly stabbed and injured the victim, a Hausa youth, before stealing his mobile phone.
The victim raised an alarm, prompting his kinsmen and residents to come to his rescue.
The suspect was chased down and apprehended, while his accomplice escaped.
The suspected thief was beaten to a stupor until he confessed to the crime and revealed the name of one of his fleeing gang members as “Azaman.”
Police rescue suspected phone thief from being lynched in Delta
