A yet-to-be-identified man was left in a critical condition after being scalded with hot oil by a mob for allegedly stealing groundnut oil in a market near the Alakara Police Station in the Mushin area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Friday. A resident who preferred anonymity while citing personal reasons told our correspondent on Monday that the victim, who posed as a customer, lifted the product from a stall in the market before he was caught in the process.
Irked by his action, a mob in the market was said to have heated part of the groundnut oil he allegedly stole and poured it on his back.
โHe pretended to be a customer, and while the owner of the shop was busy attending to others, he lifted a bottle of groundnut oil and left. He did not know he was sighted by another trader. That was how he was approached and caught with the product. He was stripped naked and beaten by the mob, who then decided to heat the groundnut oil and poured it on his back while he was lying down,โ the source narrated. (Punch)