Robbers who specialize in using charms to force padlocks open in Lagos have been nabbed by a mob.

A young man, Taye Boko and his accomplice
were on Wednesday apprehended for armed
robbery in Lagos state.
The duo was nabbed by irate mob in the early
hours of today in Buari Street, in Mushin area of
the state.
Reports say Boko, a suspected ex-convict, and
his yet-to-be named accomplice are notorious
armed robbers terrorizing the area and allegedly
use charm to open locked padlocks.
But for the intervention of officers from Olosan
Police Station, they would have been lynched by
irate mob who apprehended them, beat them
and tied them to an electric pole.