Two yet-to-be-identified revenue collectors of the Anambra State Government have been set ablaze by angry mob for causing a tipper driver to ram into and kill a bystander at Old Market Road, along Venn Road by Egerton Bus Stop in Onitsha.
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, caused heavy chaos and confusion, thereby leading to gridlock in the area.
Eyewitnesses said the tipper driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the bystander as the revenue touts were dragging the steering with him.
One of the eyewitnesses said, “There was chaos in Onitsha as an angry mob set ablaze about two revenue touts, while four others were lucky as they managed to escape. The revenue collectors, numbering about six were chasing the tipper driver over a certain amount they asked him to pay.
“As they were chasing him, some of them were dragging the steering with him, but unfortunately, in the process, the tipper driver lost control and rammed into a passer-by, killing him instantly.
“Immediately, the revenue collectors saw the damage they had caused, they tried to flee the scene, but the Onitsha mob got angry and descended on them, setting ablaze two of them instantly while four of them managed to escape.”///
Angry mob lynches revenue collectors in Anambra
