From: Leo Odera Omolo
Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:52 PM

THIEVING ASSISTANT CHIEF IS LYNCHED IN A MOB JUSTICE IN DHIWA, AFTER CLAIMS THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE MIGNIGHT BURGLARY AND THEFT.

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

POLICE in Ndhiwa district are said to be actively investigating an incident in which an Assistant Vocational Chief was killed by a mob following allegations that he was involved in burglary and theft of musical instrument in another home.

According to sources in Ndhiwa, the Assistant Chief, when cornered ran and took refuge in an unidentified woman’s house, but the mob caught up with him and forcefully removed him from the house in which he had ran, then beat him up before dosing his b body with inflammatory liquid that looked like petrol or kerosene..

The late George Okendo Gor, who was an Assistant Chief in Kwandiku sub-location in Central Kanyamwa Location, Ndhiwa district, died in a ball of fire after the mob, which had been chasing him cornered him.

He was a married man with two wives and a number of children. His parents are said to be still alive, and were equally shocked, like anyone else.

At the time of his death, the Assistant Chief had another case of theft pending in court. He had hired an advocate in his dense, in the case in which it was alleged he had stolen 4 hens from another man’s home.

Reports reaching us indicated that , the late Gor, who was in his early 40s, might have made so many enemies in the course of his duty as an administrator. And that part of the mob that had savagely beaten him up were in revenge mood, following unconfirmed claims that he might have stepped on the toes of many residents in the area.

The information from a person in the area indicated that perhaps he had locked horns with many people within the areas of his administrative jurisdiction, because it was reported that he had identified himself to his assailants. His accomplices are said to have escaped the mob justice and taken refuge in sugar cane plantations to escape lynching.

The incident has stunned many people in the district and beyond, prompting civic leaders and politicians to call on the resident not to take the law into their hands, and to hand over any suspected criminals to the police.

The Ndhiwa MP, Joshua Orwa Ojodeh, who is also an Assistant Minister for Internal security, has appealed to his constituents to work hand in hand with the police when apprehending anybody suspected of criminal activities, and not take the law into their own hands. He said once a suspect is apprehended, he should be handed over to the police and other relevant authorities for further action.

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