The ubiquitous tyre (or tire for our US friends across the water), maybe not needed here as the geezer was already dead. They can use it for a later burning alive lynching though probs...
Thank you very much for taking the time to post this info. Why would they steal children? Ransom, sex trafficking, cannibalism or? As a westerner with no experience in Africa I am sure it is something so heinous I don't even have the imagination to guess...
Sex trafficking and ritualistic sacrifice are the common motives.