Ese Idehen, a middle-aged man narrowly escaped being lynched after he was beaten by thugs for allegedly fornicating with a married woman in Benin, Edo State.
Idehen was said to have been caught by a group of boys at a bar on Muritala Muhammed Way.
They were also alleged to have been hired by the estranged husband of the woman, identified as Nagbama Egboigbe, said to be a police sergeant.
A video of the incident, which went viral on the Internet showed Idehen, being beaten up and forced into the boot of a vehicle. His clothes were also torn.
But the woman alleged that she and her estranged husband had been separated for the past nine months.
