Police Rescue Teenage Boy Falsely Accused of Spying for Cultists in Lagos (Photo)
On Monday, April 13th, the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos state police command rescued a 12-year-old boy from a mob after he was wrongly accused of being a spy for suspected cultists attacking residents of Lagos and Ogun border communities.
Residents of Iju in Lagos state confronted the teenager, who was loitering in the area, and accused him of working as a spy for the Awawa boys cult group, which was alleged to have carried out various attacks in the area since the lockdown began.
Before the mob could harm the boy, a patrol team arrived, intervened, and rescued him. During interrogation, the boy explained that he had fled his home after a disagreement with his mother.
"Our officers on patrol along Iju came across this 12yr ...