A 27-year-old man, Darlington Ugboaja, was reportedly beaten to death at Anara market in Imo state, after a local drug, Methamphetamine, but popularly known as Mkpurummiri, was found on him.
This led to panic on the market as treaders afraid of a reprisal attack from the victim’s kinsmen hurriedly shot their stalls.
NEWSCASTARS.COM learnn that an unnamed source, told the Punch 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.
The source said ” 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 ”
Police spokesperson for the command, Micheal Abattam, told said the incident had not been reported at any police station in the state.
