Dramatic scenes ensued at Owo area of Ondo state where men of the Nigerian police force saved an unidentified man from being lynched.
The man was attacked by a mob who had accused him of approaching voters to sell their votes, although he claimed to be an election observer at Ward 4, Polling Unit 15, Shagari Market along the Owo-Benin Highway.
The Commissioner of Police in charge of Owo and Ose Local Government Areas, Abutu Yaro, told reporters that the man was rescued while his accomplice fled the scene
Yaro said, “The man was arrested by the mob and the mob was even trying to lynch him, they had already torn his clothes, you can see him looking tattered already.
“Then, we ran into them. That was when they stopped the attempt to lynch him.
“In fact, at the time we picked him, his second, who was in another car, took off.
“The proactive measure adopted by the members of the public was what saved the situation.
They wanted to mob him because he was there for vote-buying purpose and the voters resisted selling their votes.”
