An unknown man was
almost lynched alive at the Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Saturday, after he
attempted to steal a two-year-old girl.
Eye witnesses claimed
that the man, who managed to flee from his assailants, came to the Ajeromi/Ifelodun
Local Government Council Secretariat, where the mother of the baby was frying
yam and baked beans and pretended that he was waiting to buy some bean cake.
The mother of the girl, Blessing,
was frying her bean cakes some metres away from where her sister, Abigail sat
with the little girl, identified as Mercy.
Shortly after, the man
walked to where Blessing was frying her bean cake, pretended like he conferred
with her and walked back to Abigail, to tell her that Blessing asked him to
bring Mercy.
Abigail innocently
handed Mercy to the man, looked away and started chatting with other people
around. The man stealthily walked away. He was already mounting a commercial
bike, when Blessing suddenly glanced up from her frying and saw a strange man
making away with her daughter. She screamed in alarm, alerting people.
The commercial rider,
who was almost about to ride away, halted and people descended on the man,
beating him black and blue.
The man was still
receiving beatings, when he suddenly saw an opening, seized his chance and
escaped.
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