Lecturer set Ablaze by irate mobs over the death of 5 students in Taraba Follow @MaheedaNG

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A Lecturer at the Taraba College of Education (COE) Zing,Taraba
State was on Friday burnt to death in a mob action after he
allegedly hit and killed five primary school pupils with a vehicle he
was driving.Alhaji Kassimu Umar, who ran to a police station was
chased by the mob, dragged out and burnt to death.

According to (NAN) the Police Public Relations officer (PPRO),Mr
Joseph Kwaji said
“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 in Zing, who all died on the
spot.After he reported the incident to the Pupule Police
Outstation, 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,”
Kwaji said that the matter was under investigation, adding that no
arrest had so far been made.

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