Operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Tuesday, prevented a middle-aged woman, Favour Okoye, from being lynched by a mob for allegedly kidnapping a baby in Abeokuta.
The incident happened at about 2:55 pm around Totoro area of Abeokuta.
The woman was reportedly beaten comatose by a mob but was rescued by NSCDC operatives and taken to a hospital.
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC in the state, Olanrewaju Kareem, in a statement said his men were alerted by a taxi driver.
According to him, “a taxi driver alerted civil defence men keeping vigil on critical infrastructure around Akin-Olugbade/Pepsi/Totoro areas.
“The men raced to the scene to rescue the woman but appeal to the crowd by civil defence to allow the suspected kidnapper face the consequence through the legal process proved abortive as the mob insisted on killing the woman.
“They threw available objects including bottles, planks, stones but the men were able to rescue the woman from being killed.
“The woman, who was in a state of coma was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre where she is receiving treatment.”
