A man reportedly trying to plant
explosives at the headquarters of
state-run Gombe transport line
was doused with gasoline set on
fire after an angry mob piled used
tires on him.
Eyewitnesses said the man who
carried a bomb in his bag was
waiting suspiciously to enter the
Central Gombe motor park around
2:00pm. Vigilantes in the area
accosted him when their suspicion
heightened as he refused to open
his black bag containing the bomb.
After he was hit with a stick, he
detonated the bomb and was
seriously injured in the process.
The crowd immediately gathered
around him doused him with
gasoline and burnt the man to
ashes.
