A young man
has revealed how robbers stormed their home at Fola Agoro, Shomolu area
of Lagos State and threatened to kill him if his parents did not
cooperate by bringing out valuables in the house. The victim, who wished
to remain anonymous for fear the robbers may come back for him, said
that the hoodlums held a gun to his head, right in front of his parents
and threatened to shoot.He added: “They wanted to shoot me in front of my parents. It started around 1am. I saw two of the robbers with guns. I saw them just as they were breaking into our room. They robbed about four rooms in the compound. They took my phone, laptop and jewellery.”
Some of the victims said it was sheer miracle nobody was killed after the invasion of the bandits.
Confirming the attack, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, said the incident occurred on October 12. Nwosu said that the attack was repelled by policemen attached to Alade Police Station and Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who responded to a distress call at No. 17, Fola Agoro Road, Shomolu and arrested one Tunde Aliu of no fixed address.
He said: “Items recovered from the suspect are one locally- made double barrelledgun, three Nokia phones and cash of N6,000. The suspect with others at large allegedly entered the aforesaid address and robbed the residents of their belongings. Effort is on-going to arrest the fleeing members of the gang. “The case is under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, Lagos.”
A resident, who gave her name simply as Mrs Faith, said she and her husband had left for a seven-day programme, organised by Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in their area when the robbers came. According to her, she was returning around 3am with her husband from the church programme when she noticed a crowd of people. Although they broke into the woman’s home, she was full of joy that nobody was killed and that she was not at home.
She said: “They broke into our mini flat and stole cash of over N250,000. They stole blackberry phone, one iPhone 5x, two gold wristwatches from me and my husband. A gold hand chain, my husband’s international passport and power band battery charger were also taken.”
A policeman, who was seen guarding the street, said the robbers came in three motorcycles and invaded the houses at about 1am. He said: “Our men responded quickly and arrested one of them while others fled. One of them threw his gun into the gutter. We are waiting to see who would come for the gun.”
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