A mob in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory reportedly attacked an unidentified man over an alleged disappearance of a male organ.
The man, identified as John, claimed that his organ couldn’t be found after coming into contact with another person. The mob gathered around him, beat him, and demanded the restoration of the purported missing organ.
The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday and required police intervention to rescue the man and take him to a nearby hospital for treatment.
He said, “Yesterday around 8 pm, some people gathered at Phase 2 here in Gwagwalada after a man had cried for help. The man claimed that he could not find his manhood after coming in contact with the man.
“The people started beating him to confess about what he did to the man. As they were beating him, they also asked him to return his “manhood” back to him. The beating lasted till when the police appeared. It was the police that took him to the hospital. ”
When contacted, the FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident but disclosed that the man attacked by the mob was dead.
She, however, said the man who raised the false alarm had been arrested.
Adeh said, “Our men upon getting a distress call yesterday immediately rushed to the scene to rescue him and rushed him to the hospital for treatment. However, he was later confirmed dead as a result of the severe injury inflicted on him.”
She noted that the Commissioner of Police had warned that false allegations about organ disappearance would not be condoned in the FCT.
Adeh said, “The CP frowns on the allegation and mob attacks which have followed it. He has warned that it will not be tolerated in the FCT.”
