“It did not happen in Lagos” Police denies thief was burnt to death at Alafia Bus stop

The Lagos state police command has denied claims that
the incident of jungle justice where a suspected young thief
was burnt to death on Saturday November 12th, (read here )
happened in Lagos. Recall that a video surfaced online last
week showing what many presumed to be a 7 year old boy
being burnt to death for allegedly stealing food items.

Investigations carried out by LIB showed that an alleged
thief was burnt to death at Alafia, along the Badagry
expressway when him and some of his gang members tried
to steal the bag of a woman.
However speaking exclusively to LIB this afternoon, the
Lagos state Police Command Public Relations Officer,
Dolapo Badmos, said the recorded incident never
happened in Lagos. When asked to give an update, she
said;