On Friday, in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State a 26 year old man was tortured by his uncle and his friends to death of N70,000.
The young man was said to have visited his uncle who is a member of the Irri Community Vigilante Group.
According to a source,
“In the course of his stay, he was accused of stealing N70,000 kept in the custody of his uncle, which he later confessed to after severe torture.
“Though the boy was not the only person in the house when the money got missing, but the uncle’s suspicion towards his nephew was because he was the only one who heard the phone conversation the uncle had with a friend over the N70, 000 kept in the house.
“When the uncle discovered that the money had been stolen, he summoned the nephew for interrogation and had him severely beaten up, but didn’t get any positive response from the victim; he consequently invited other members of his group.
“The vigilantes came and brutally tortured the victim; before the intervention of neighbours, he was already unconscious and finally died before they could rushed him to hospital.”
A source at the Oleh Divisional Police Station said some persons had been arrested in connection with the young man’s death, while other had fled the community.
