On Tuesday, the Ondo State Police Command announced that it had made two arrests in connection with the alleged murder of Olorunfemi Tope, 35, in Akure, the state capital.

On Monday, Tope was the victim of a mob attack in the Ijoka Area of Akure after his Toyota Camry allegedly crushed and injured two people.

When some fetish items were allegedly discovered in the deceased's vehicle, suspicions that he was a "Yahoo boy" were stoked, and the deceased was lynched while his vehicle was set ablaze by locals.

On Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed to our correspondent that two people had been arrested in connection with the mob attack.

She said, “We have arrested two among the people that were involved in the mob attack. One of them is an artisan and the other one is an okada rider.

“We are still on the trail of others, when we arrest them, we will parade them and charge them to court after our investigation.”

Earlier while featuring on a live radio programme on Tuesday, Odunlami had also said police detectives had arrested two suspects over the matter.

The program was checked by a NAN reporter in Akure.

She expressed one of the two captured associates purportedly planned the igniting with Tope's vehicle.

She urged the general public not to tamper with the law and stated that the suspects would be charged with murder and arson.

He said, “As of now, no one can confirm if the dead young man in question was an internet fraudster.

“Rather than people around to have helped when the accident happened, some resolved to jungle justice by killing the young man and setting his car ablaze.

“We need to refrain from engaging in jungle justice, shun hearsay and report any incident to the nearby police station so that there will be peace in our community.”