A gang of robbers » took wickedness to
the extreme after the beat up a man and
pounded his head with a pestle because he
had no money to give them, after eating
his food.
This was the story former staff of National
Electric Power Authority Cooperative Estate
(NEPASCOOP), had to tell after the thieves
stormed his home at Olajumoke, Akute,
Ogun State.
According to the man, the armed robbers
stormed his house and requested for
money but when he had none to offer,
they ordered him to prepare them food
and after eating, the angry robbers
» slammed a pestle on his head.
The Chairman of the estate confirmed the
incident, stating that the robbers inflicted
severe injuries on the man after eating his
food.
"The victim was rushed to the hospital after
the robbers left. If not, maybe he would
have bled to death."
According to the estate Chairman, the attack
was the second in the estate in as many
weeks. On that fateful day, the robbers
were said to have gained entrance into the
estate by scaling the fence around 2 am
where they operated for two hours
without interruption, moving from one
building to the other.
Before the robbers left, they had inflicted
machete cuts on a man, flogged another
with belt before slamming pestle on his
head.
One of residents said:
"After robbing a particular apartment, they
would lock the family in a room. They
apparently did not want them to call for
help or alert other neighbours. Then they
would move to another apartment. We
heard they robbed four buildings."