Anambra: Alleged Car Battery Thief Specialist Killed, Dumped in Refuse Pit , CP Condemns Mob Action

By Our Correspondent

A gruesome incident has occurred in Iyiowa Odekpe, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, where a man alleged to be a car battery thief was lynched and dumped in a refuse pit.

According to sources, the deceased and his gang members specialized in stealing car batteries.

The victim was caught and set ablaze by an angry mob in the early hours of Wednesday, while his accomplices escaped.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday.

Ikenga said, “Police Operatives attached to the Atani Divisional Police Headquarters while on patrol today, May 7, 2025, by 12:30 pm recovered a burnt dead body in a waste dump at Iyiowa Odekpe.”

The police investigation revealed that the deceased was allegedly caught and set ablaze by an angry mob after their criminal operations in the area.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD, condemned the mob action, urging residents to exercise restraint and not take the law into their hands.

“They should endeavour to take such suspects to the nearest Police Station whenever they are apprehended.

“This would afford the Police the opportunity to conduct an appropriate investigation into the nefarious activities of the suspect and possibly arrest other gang members and bring them to justice in accordance with extant laws,” Ikenga quoted the CP.