Residents of Ronke Street and the environ, in Ijeshatedo area of
Lagos State have raised the alarm over a letter purportedly written to
them by armed robbers alerting them (residents) of their intention to
raid the area. Copies of the letter, Saturday Sun learnt, were
conspicuously pasted on the wall of some of the buildings. In the
letter, the robbers said: “We will pay you people a visit soon. Be
prepared for us.”
Following the development, residents of the area have
made arrangements to secure their houses.
While they have collectively engaged the services of vigilance
groups, most of them have erected iron doors in their rooms. Some,
however, have fled their homes. A resident, who spoke with Saturday Sun,
said they woke up recently to discover the letter pasted on their gates
and walls. “Initially, we thought the letter was from either PHCN or
one of those bills from local government. We got the shock of our lives
when we read and it was from robbers who said they would visit us any
moment.
As you can observe, everyone is panicky. I have hired the services of
a welder to fortify my door,” he stated. Another resident begged the
police to come to their rescue, as the vigilance group they contracted
seems not to be up to the task on hand. “It is not a joke, because like
the letters said, they will surely come. We have vigilantes and we are
made to pay N100 per month for security. The only way out is for the
police to secure us. If they don’t, we will just keep money at home
because I know that they will surely come,” he said. Another resident
said she was yet to recover from the shock of a previous experience,
revealing: “Late last year, they visited my house heavily-armed.
They took every valuable thing in the house and left. They were about
eight of them. The next day, the same group of people came to the next
compound and robbed the residents. When we called the police, all they
did was to arrest the ladder the robbers used to climb and promised to
investigate the matter. Till date, nothing has happened.” On why they
are yet to draw the attention of the police to the purported letter, one
of the the residents said: “Nobody knows if they have informants within
the police.
If you report to the police and those bad boys get to know, you can
imagine what our fate would be when they finally come. And besides,
those robbers would wait for the police to get tired of patrolling the
area and then strike. It is rather unfortunate.” When contacted on
phone, Lagos State police spokesperson, DSP Ngozi Braide, called on the
residents not to panic, as the police would ensure that the bad boys
were flushed out from Ijeshatedo and its environs. She advised residents
to make use of the police hotlines, which are written conspicuously in
every police station and public places.
The Sun
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