Jungle justice

COE Lecturer Burnt To Death
For Killing 5 Students
Kukogho Iruesiri Samson | 03:18 | 25.10.2014
Umar killed 5 pupils in a road accident and to
reported himself at the police station. Angry youths
from the community however invaded the police
station, brought Umar out and burnt him to death.
A lecturer at the Taraba College of Education, Alhaji
Kassimu Umar , has been lynched and burnt to
death by an angry mob after he allegedly killed five
primary school pupils with his car.
Student Pulse gathered that Umar knocked down
the children, aged between 8 and 11, while trying to
dodge a trailer in the early hours of Friday, Punch
reports.
Confirming the incident, the Taraba Police
Command Police Public Relations officer (PPRO),
Mr Joseph Kwaji told the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) that Umar had reported himself to policemen
at the Pupule Police Outpost after the accident.
“In the early hours of today, 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.”
No arrests have been made so far as police
investigate the incident.