LAGOS — In what is fast becoming the norm,
gunmen, Friday, stormed the Federal Radio
Cooperation of Nigeria, FRCN, Training School,
Lagos State, raping and robbing many of the
female trainee journalists.
An eye witness in the school said that was the
third time the armed men would be attacking the
school.
An insider said: “The armed robbers were many.
They attacked the school last week, last two
weeks and now this week. They always rape the
girls and dispossess others, including male
students and workers on night duties of their
valuables.”
The three attacks on the school have left many
of the workers shocked, especially as policemen
were supposed to be manning the school gate.
The last attack occurred at about 2am, with the
gunmen targeting the financial records offices.
Three of the gunmen wore masks and focused
on the new BOND FM station, which has a lot of
new expensive transmitting devices.
“Many of them broke into our offices, remove
burglar-proofs, raped girls who were in training
and living in our hostel. They collected money,
phones and laptops. This is the third time this
will be happening,” said a staff.
According to another insider, the school has
male and female trainees drawn from across
different radio stations in the country who are
on special courses. There are also private
students studying broadcast journalism.
The insider added: “The gunmen are usually
many whenever they attack. The first time they
came, they appeared to be searching for
something as they ransacked all offices.
This time, they came with three or four men
wearing masks. They were apparently the people
who wanted something from the school or
offices. When they came this time, they were the
ones doing the frantic searching.
Whether they succeeded in getting what they
wanted this time around is what we don’t know.”
Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, however said
only a case of burglary was reported.
“I just got to hear today that the place has been
burgled three times. But they had never
reported. It’s only today that an official
complaint was lodged. No case of rape was
reported. Nobody has come forward to say that
she was raped,” she said.
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/gunmen-rob-rape-frcn-training-school-students/

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