An angry mob stripped unclad two men, namely Alaba Abiodun and Samuel, who were allegedly caught eating human flesh, but were saved from being burnt by the timely intervention of POLICEMEN , PM news reports.
According to witnesses, a passer-by along the rail line in Ikeja saw three men in tattered dresses. One of them was making a call and one eating a meat suspected to be human flesh. The passer-by raised an alarm that attracted the mob which instantly pounced on the two suspected human part eaters.
But the one making the phone call managed to escape. Their problem was compounded when the mob moved to their hideout behind the Ikeja Local Government Secretariat fence and found a cutlass, knife, charms and meat with fat which the mob suspected to be human flesh. When a detachment of policemen from Area ‘F’ arrived the scene, Abiodun told them, that he was a carpenter but had no money to set up a workshop.
Abiodun claimed to be from Akiniku in Moloney area of Ilaro, Yewa, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. He added that he made the hideout his residence as he could not afford to rent a room for himself. He explained that the meat discovered in their hideout was a cow fat which they eat and not human parts. After intensive questioning, the policemen were convinced that the suspects were mistaken for human parts eaters and sellers by the mob. They were later released.