Residents beat up foreigner as Julius Berger truck kills 2 children in Cross River (Photo))

The trend of jungle justice continued in Cross River on monday as residents of the Ugep community almost lynched a foreign employee of Julius Berger after an accident.
The company’s three- car convoy was passing through the area when it hit the children who were waiting to cross the express on their way home after church.
A mob then descended om the occupants of the car and beat up the driver and foreigner mercilessly until the police rescued them.
Punch reports:

An eyewitness, who identified himself as Solomon Okonta, said the incident happened at about 3.30pm.
He said the driver was later taken to the police station, while the foreigner was taken to a church in the area for refuge.
“The police intervention led to the rescue of the foreigner from the youths who were bent on lynching him,” he said.
It was gathered that the Divisional Police Officer of Ugep division led his men to restore peace in the area.
The DPO, whose name could not be confirmed, lamented that the youths would have killed the driver and the foreigner if not for the intervention of the police.
“The problem we faced was how to rescue the white man. We had problem of lack of patrol van and none of the officers was ready to use their private vehicle to where angry youths were. So, it took us a while to disperse them,” he said.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer in charge of the Cross River State Police Command, Mr. Hogan Bassey, confirmed the incident.
He said the situation had been brought under control and investigation was ongoing.
“We can confirm that the van killed two children and some youths wanted to lynch the occupants. We had brought the situation under control and investigation is ongoing,” he said.