Nigeria, April 26 -- Five persons were on Tuesday arraigned in an Akure Magistrate Court over the lynching of a 25-year-old man, Temitope Olorunfemi.

Mr Olorunfemi was driving in Akure on the morning of 10 April when his car hit some motorcycles, killing two persons.

A mob immediately descended on him, beating and stoning him to death before setting his car on fire.

The suspects accused of taking part in the lynching of Mr Olorunfemi are Victor Amos, 30; Ismalia, 32; Pelumi Farotimi, 42; Nurudeen Kumuyi, 22 and Samuel Olatunji, 23.

They face a three-count charge of felony, unlawful murder and arson.

The accused persons were driven into the court premises in a black police Hilux van, under tight security.

They were later guarded into...