A taxi driver narrowly escaped death when three suspected robbers snatched his cab and tried to kill him.
In the incident, which occurred on Victoria Island in Lagos recently, the driver, Mr Matthew Michael, would have been killed but the robbers’ guns jammed. Michael said that he would have been dead and his car gone for good but for providence which ensured that policemen got there on the nick of time.
The police arrested one of the three-man gang, identified as Rasheed Yusuf. The gang was said to be residing in Mushin area of the metropolis.
Michael said the three young men flagged him down on his way to Escape Lounge. The driver added that they told him that they were going to Mushin and after billing them, two of them drew their guns, while Yusuf whipped out a dagger.
He said: “They ordered me to get down and go to the back seat, while one of them took over the wheel, one sat in the front seat and the third at the back with me.” Michael said that on sighting the police at Adeola Odeku Street, he pulled the handbrake and started hitting the windscreen of the car to attract the attention of the police but to no avail.
The driver recalled that after the aborted plan to attract the police attention, the men suddenly stopped the car and pushed him out. He said: “They shot at me, but the gun refused to fire.
“They tried several times but the guns did not work. There after they tried to run but I threw myself on one of them and held on to him. I started shouting.
This attracted the attention of security guards and policemen eating at a nearby canteen.” A police officer, who identified himself as Austin Ejiro, said that he was on duty at the Adeola Odeku Street when he heard a noise coming from a car before it stopped.
He said: “I thought the car was faulty and did not pay it any further attention. It was later after we heard shouting that we realised what was happening.”
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In the incident, which occurred on Victoria Island in Lagos recently, the driver, Mr Matthew Michael, would have been killed but the robbers’ guns jammed. Michael said that he would have been dead and his car gone for good but for providence which ensured that policemen got there on the nick of time.
The police arrested one of the three-man gang, identified as Rasheed Yusuf. The gang was said to be residing in Mushin area of the metropolis.
Michael said the three young men flagged him down on his way to Escape Lounge. The driver added that they told him that they were going to Mushin and after billing them, two of them drew their guns, while Yusuf whipped out a dagger.
He said: “They ordered me to get down and go to the back seat, while one of them took over the wheel, one sat in the front seat and the third at the back with me.” Michael said that on sighting the police at Adeola Odeku Street, he pulled the handbrake and started hitting the windscreen of the car to attract the attention of the police but to no avail.
The driver recalled that after the aborted plan to attract the police attention, the men suddenly stopped the car and pushed him out. He said: “They shot at me, but the gun refused to fire.
“They tried several times but the guns did not work. There after they tried to run but I threw myself on one of them and held on to him. I started shouting.
This attracted the attention of security guards and policemen eating at a nearby canteen.” A police officer, who identified himself as Austin Ejiro, said that he was on duty at the Adeola Odeku Street when he heard a noise coming from a car before it stopped.
He said: “I thought the car was faulty and did not pay it any further attention. It was later after we heard shouting that we realised what was happening.”
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