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Self Help: Police Probes Lynching of Suspected Thief, Calabar
The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigation into the lynching of a suspected thief whose burnt body was discovered along Mayne Avenue in Calabar South.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Eitiokpa Sunday Akata, disclosed that the incident was reported to officers of Atakpa Division on February 10, during an early morning surveillance patrol.
According to him, information from an undisclosed source alerted the patrol team to the presence of an unidentified male corpse, believed to be the remains of a 22-year-old, lying along Mayne Avenue by Nyong Edem Street — at the boundary between Atakpa and Efut Divisions.
Preliminary findings suggest that the deceased allegedly went out with two others to vandalise an electricity transformer at a yet-to-be-identified location.
Police said the suspect reportedly ran out of luck, was apprehended by a mob, lynched, set ablaze and later transported to the spot where his remains were found.
Akata noted that there were no signs of struggle, weapons, or burnt materials at the location where the body was dumped, indicating that the incident may have occurred elsewhere.
He added that photographs of the scene were taken, the corpse evacuated, and a full-scale investigation has commenced.
The Command assured that efforts were underway to identify and arrest those responsible for the mob action.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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