Angry residents set mad man ablaze for stabbing pregnant woman to death in Lagos

A mentally unstable man popularly known as Jeje has been set ablaze by residents of Ijegun, Ikotun in Lagos State.

Jeje who had been living with the mental challenge for over 2 years was burnt because he stabbed a pregnant woman and her 5-year-old daughter.

According to reports, at about 1:35pm on Tuesday, the mad man chased the pregnant mother and her daughter until they both fell into the gutter and he stabbed them on the spot.

Passers-by and youths came to the rescue of the injured mother and her child by rushing them to an undisclosed hospital where they gave up the ghost.

Irate mob descended on the mad man by beating him without recognition and setting him on fire as this was not the first time he would be stabbing someone.

However, some residents invited the police who condemned the jungle justice being meted out on the mad man, saying they should have brought him to the station.