Boda-boda riders in Nyahera – Kisumu west constituency on Wednesday lynched a notorious gangster after he purportedly murdered one of their colleagues.
Nick Ageng’o was mobbed by a section of irate residents who letter torched his house and destroyed his farm for allegedly killing Walter Otieno.
According to the residents, Ageng’o and Otieno had run into a clash on Tuesday evening and Ageng’o vowed to kill Otieno.
“He waited for Otieno who was riding to his home after attending a funeral service. He then hit him at the back of this head and this culminated to his death,” said Wycliffe Abuto, one of the residents.
Other residents also brought to the fore that Ageng’o is among the gang members who for years have been terrorising the residents of Nyahera.
“Otieno was killed on his way from a funeral of his own brother who was killed by one of the gang members,” stated Abuto.
The OCPD of the area Wilstone Mwakio termed the incident as unfortunate adding that no citizen is mandated to take the law into their own hands.
He said investigations have been launched to determine the truth behind the incident and assured the resident that security had been heightened in the area to curb insecurity.