Fed up with incessant robbery attacks on the
community, residents of Oworonsoki Local Council
Development Area of Lagos State on Friday defied
death as they challenged four armed robbers
suspected to have been terrorising the area.
They eventually ended up disarming the robbers
and rounding them up. But three of the robbers
managed to escape. One was, however, not that
lucky.
The suspect, who was identified as Eyinna, was
said to have been beaten up by the mob before
the arrival of the police at the scene.
The armed robber was said to have been caught
because he could not run fast enough to escape
the mob due to an injury he had on his foot.
An eyewitness, who craved anonymity for security
reason, said the robbers had used the
opportunity of the usual early morning traffic on
the Olopo Meji end of the Oworonsoki Expressway,
to rob car owners of their valuables.
Spurred on by the degree of their success, they
were said to have tried to rob a woman of her
Honda Accord car when the victim raised the
alarm which drew the attention of residents.
He added that as the men dragged the steering
with the woman, the car crashed into another
vehicle which was also stuck in the early morning
heavy traffic.
He said, “It was around 6am on Friday morning.
People suddenly began hearing a woman
screaming for help on Berger Bus Stop. We all
rushed to the scene.
“When the robbers saw that the residents were
not intimidated by their guns, they began to run.
The people pursued them because they were
determined to get them.
“Three of them escaped, but people got Eyinna
while he was trying to scale the fence. We saw he
could not run well because he was limping.”
He said a lot of money was found in the shoes of
the suspect, while he was also found with
handsets and other valuables.
The source said the police were called to the
scene after some of the angry residents had
beaten Eyinna to stupor.
Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State
Command, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the
incident, said the suspect died from injuries he
sustained during the beating.
She said, “The Bariga Police Station indeed
received a distress call that there was a mob
action going on around Oworonshoki, Berger Bus
Stop on Friday morning.
“They discovered that it was a four-man robbery
gang, that was trying to drag the steering of a
car from a woman. The residents were able to
apprehend only one of them. But the man could
not talk, because he had been seriously injured.
He died at the hospital where we rushed him to.”
Braide added that the owner of the damaged
vehicle had made statements to the police on the
incident.
Source: www.punchng.com

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Na who invite police 4 d mata?where dem suppse go,u no go eva c dem..if na armed robbers wit sophisticated weapons nw dem go say dem no get fuel for dia vehicle.....Awon oloshi!