SATURDAY- 4th December, 2021: Angry youths have beaten to death a 27-year-old man, who was identified as Darlington Ugboaja, at Anara market in Imo state, after a local drug, Methamphetamine, but popularly known as Mkpurummiri, was found on him.
The development has caused panic on the market as treaders who out of fear of a reprisal attack from the victim’s kinsmen hurriedly shot their stalls.
An eyewitness said that the victim lost consciousness while some youths were administrating jungle justice on him and he was pronounced dead when rushed to a hospital for a revival.
“They saw him coming out from a bunk were drugs are sold. They suspected he had Mkpurummiri in his possession. They quickly searched him and found the substance. They immediately tired his hands on an electric pole and started beating him.
“He lost consciousness and he was rushed to Anara Health Centre but unfortunately there was no doctor on duty. They rushed him to another hospital at Umunachi where he was pronounced dead,” the witness said.
One of the kinsmen, Kingsley Onyewuenyi said that Ezihe community was saddened by the death of Ugboaja.
As at the time of filing this report, the police spokesperson for the command, Micheal Abattam, noted that the incident had not been reported at any police station in the state.
