A suspected motorcycle thief was burnt to death in the Yawuri area of the state.

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Photos show the victim burnt beyond recognition for his crime.

This seems to be the first of such case in 2018 although there was a massive surge in jungle justice from mid-2016 to mid-2017.

Petty thefts and other crimes have been judged and sentences carried out on the streets, and it usually ends in a gory, brutal death.

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Members of the public have been encouraged to report such cases and avoid taking justice into their own hands.