Imo Jailbreak: inmate who escaped during the attack, reportedly burnt to death by angry residents

One of the prison inmates who fled from the Imo state correctional center has been set ablaze by angry residents of Umuawom village, Ihodimeze community in Ikeduru council area of the state, as he threatened to deal with a family that testified against him in Court.

 

The inmate, an indigene of Ogwa community in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State, but grew up in Umuawom village which is his maternal home, is said to have been incarcerated for kidnapping. He reportedly went to Umuawom to challenge one of the families that testified against him in court and threatened to deal with them, using a gun to carry out his threat. The villagers immediately pounced on him and after beating him to a pulp, they set his body on fire.

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