Vigilantes kill man wrongly accused of phone theft in Abuja

Vigilante men have allegedly killed a man wrongly accused of stealing a mobile phone in Abuja.

CONVERSEER learned that the deceased, identified only as 3quate from Ebonyi State, was wrongly accused of stealing the phone belonging to the girlfriend of one of the Vigilantes in Angwan Fulani, Dei Dei, Abuja.

According to Austinjee Nollywood who shared the story on social media, the incident happened on Thursday, stressing that the killing of innocent Nigerians by security personnel is becoming too alarming.

Austinjee Nollywood wrote: “This is our beloved brother from Ebonyi state his name is 3quater he was killed by some Vigilante boys at Angwan fulani Dei Dei Abuja yesterday.

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“He was accused of stealing a phone that belongs to the girlfriend of the Vigilante guy that killed him and the phone was later found.

“This issue of killing innocent people by Vigilante men must stop, enough is enough of killing our innocent citizens of Nigeria by so-called our Nigeria.

“Security men I don’t know why the people that are made to protect us are the ones killing us.

“Please, I am calling on the Commissioner of Police, F.C.T and Inspector General of Police to go into action to give our brother justice”.