It’s a shame for us Nigerians to lay our long coveted poverty-stricken anger over the poor masses for stealing may be a token or so. No wonder popular musician African China sang in one of his songs that “rich man wey thief money dem no go show him face for crime fighter, but poor man wey thief Maggi dem go show him face for crime fighter”. Can we use that anger on our unscrupulous politicians?
A 32-year-old man identified as Ikechukwu Anigbo, a barber, was reportedly killed and burnt around a popular relaxation centre at the old London Lane, in Apo, Abuja at the weekend, after he was allegedly mistaken for a robber.
Reports have it that a quarrel had ensued between the deceased who hails from Aku in Enugu State and a motorcyclist over N10 “change,” he was supposed to have collected after paying his fare.
It was alleged that during the argument, the motorcyclist attracted his colleagues to the scene by shouting “thief”.
According to the taskforce chairman of Abuja Spare Parts Dealers Association, Apo, Mr. Ezema Virginus Chukwudike, “The mob that gathered following the alarm collected tyres from a vulcanising workshop near the scene and set the deceased on fire.”
The taskforce chairman reportedly lamented the excesses of motorcyclists in satellite towns within the territory and the need to be curbed.