Nigeria, June 25 -- The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has directed the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to investigate allegations that officers of the Nigeria Police Force unlawfully handed over a woman to an angry mob that lynched her in Maraban Jos, Kaduna State.

The directive followed a petition submitted by human rights activist and lawyer, Hamza Dantani, who called for an "immediate, independent and thorough investigation" into the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman, identified as Ummulkhair Muhammad.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mrs Muhammad, an Islamic teacher, was lynched in Mararaban Jos, a community along the Kaduna-Zaria highway, after being falsely accused of attempting to kidn...