A mob today stormed a police station in Taraba state where a lecturer at the Taraba College of Education, Zing, Alhaji Kassimu Umar had ran to, after knocking down and killing five primary school pupils with a vehicle he was driving. The mob burnt the lecturer to death instantly in the station.
The Police Public Relations officer in the Taraba state Police Command Joseph Kwaji, confirmed the incident and said that the mob forcefully removed Umar from the Pupule Police Outpost, where he went to report the incident, and burnt him to death.
“In the early hours of today, Friday, one Kassimu Umar, who is believed to be a lecturer with COE, Zing, had knocked down five primary school pupils who all died on the spot.
“After he reported the incident to the Pupule Police station, irate youths in their hundreds, stormed the station, dragged him out and lynched him.
“Our investigation revealed that the lecturer was trying to dodge a trailer, when he ran over the pupils whose ages ranged between eight and 11 years.”
Kwaji said that the matter is under investigation, adding that no arrest had so far been made.
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