Residents to police chief: come to
our rescue

by Fatimah Abdul, May 23, 2016 at 12:00 am
in City Beats

Some Lagos residents yesterday complained
of what they called high armed robbery and
cult killings rate.

On a phone-in radio programme monitored by
our reporter, callers from Ikotun, Maryland
and Ikorodu claimed that they were at the
mercy of the hoodlums.

They lamented the police inability to arrest
the situation despite Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode’s huge investment in security.

They called on Police Commissioner Fatai
Owoseni to ask his men to wake up.
According to them, the 10-minute emergency
response crime is not complied with by the
officers.

Some residents of Ikotun alleged that the
armed robbers have taken over their streets.
A caller, Segun Adesola, said the local
vigilantes on the streets were nowhere to be
found whenever the robbers struck.

“We beg Governor Ambode to come to our
aid by providing effective security for us in
Ikotun. This is getting too much,” he said.
Another caller said last Thursday around
9:30pm, armed robbers in a black Nissan
Pathfinder Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) began
robbing from Costain to Ikorodu Road, during
a traffic standstill. Two persons were shot
and many motorists robbed, he claimed.

Corroborating the story, Taofeek Olohuniyo
said passengers inside a BRT bus almost flew
out of the vehicle for the fear of being
attacked.

Olohuniyo said: “I was in a BRT bus which I
joined from Onipanu. As we were approaching
Maryland underground tunnel, we met a
standstill of vehicles while some individuals
left their cars and started running for their
lives.

“Our driver had to stop immediately. We saw
a black SUV few distance away with its lights
on. On realising that it is a robbery,
passengers started panicking and the
atmosphere turned rowdy. Some beckoned on
the driver to open the doors while some
objected to it. Some were of the opinion that
he should reverse but that is somehow
difficult as the bus was filled to the brim.

“The armed robbers fired and our driver was
utterly confused on what to do after opening
the doors and closing them back, he left his
cubicle to join us as we waited amidst fear.
After like 10 minutes, the SUV sped off,
people rushed back to their cars while some
went to sympathise with the robbery victims
before our driver drove off.”

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I enjoin us all to wish our own well in her endeavour.

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