LAGOS—THE bureau-de-change operators at Oke-Koto, Agege, who were victims of Sunday’s robbery incident, have lamented their woes in the hands of the eight-man gang, as the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday, expressed concern over the upsurge of robbery attacks in Lagos and neighbouring states.
Similarly, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, who expressed sadness over the spate of robbery attacks in the state with wanton killing of policemen and innocent citizens, charged police authorities to rise up to the occasion.
Addressing officers of the command when Governor Fashola presented security equipment to the police, the police boss said “The story of Sunday robbery should not repeat itself.
I could not sleep throughout because some of you are sleeping. I`ve directed the Assistant Inspector General for Zone II and the Commissioner of Police in the state to sit down, re-strategise and improve on the security of Lagos.
The police boss also called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the Nigeria Police in their determination to secure lives and property in the country, describing Sunday’s robbery attacks in Lagos which claimed the lives of three of his men as price the police pay for fighting crime.
The police boss made the appeal at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba, during an unscheduled visit to five police officers undergoing treatment for varying degrees of injuries sustained at Dafur, Sudan while on peace keeping mission.
He explained that a wind storm struck the camp of the Nigerian Formed Police Unit located in Zalingei, Darfur, where the unit was deployed as part of the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, three months ago and blew off the female quarters, consequent upon which many of the policemen sustained varying degrees of injuries. While some of the officers who were slightly injured were treated and discharged at various hospitals in Darfur, five of them he said, sustained serious neck and chest injuries as well as multiple fractures which necessitated their medical repatriation back to the country last month .
Meanwhile, Bureau-De-change operators at Oke Koto, Agege, revealed that the eight-man robbery gang carted away more than N200 million both in local and foreign currencies.
Narrating how the gunmen struck, one of them who gave his name as Yaya, told Vanguard that the bandits arrived in two Sports Utility Van, SUVs, announcing their arrival with sporadic shootings which sent everyone scampering for safety.
The 60 year-old Kebbi state born described the operation as the worst ever witnessed by the , stating that two of his colleagues were shot in the legs, with their money carted away.
According to him, “ They stormed our office at about 10 am. I lost N25 Million and 153 thousand pounds to the robbers. They took their time and went into the shops one after the other. When they got to any shop, the first question they asked was ‘where is the money?’. In the process, two of our colleagues were shot in the legs. When they were satisfied, they left, with two ‘Ghana must Go bags’ stuffed with money in both local and foreign currencies, while our wounded colleagues were rushed to the hospital. They took all I have and thereby rendered me a pauper”, he stated.
Identities of other operators whose money were carted away were given as Mukaila, Ibrahim and Muhamadu among others.
Source: Vanguard Online
Addressing officers of the command when Governor Fashola presented security equipment to the police, the police boss said “The story of Sunday robbery should not repeat itself.
I could not sleep throughout because some of you are sleeping. I`ve directed the Assistant Inspector General for Zone II and the Commissioner of Police in the state to sit down, re-strategise and improve on the security of Lagos.
The police boss also called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the Nigeria Police in their determination to secure lives and property in the country, describing Sunday’s robbery attacks in Lagos which claimed the lives of three of his men as price the police pay for fighting crime.
The police boss made the appeal at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba, during an unscheduled visit to five police officers undergoing treatment for varying degrees of injuries sustained at Dafur, Sudan while on peace keeping mission.
He explained that a wind storm struck the camp of the Nigerian Formed Police Unit located in Zalingei, Darfur, where the unit was deployed as part of the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, three months ago and blew off the female quarters, consequent upon which many of the policemen sustained varying degrees of injuries. While some of the officers who were slightly injured were treated and discharged at various hospitals in Darfur, five of them he said, sustained serious neck and chest injuries as well as multiple fractures which necessitated their medical repatriation back to the country last month .
Meanwhile, Bureau-De-change operators at Oke Koto, Agege, revealed that the eight-man robbery gang carted away more than N200 million both in local and foreign currencies.
Narrating how the gunmen struck, one of them who gave his name as Yaya, told Vanguard that the bandits arrived in two Sports Utility Van, SUVs, announcing their arrival with sporadic shootings which sent everyone scampering for safety.
The 60 year-old Kebbi state born described the operation as the worst ever witnessed by the , stating that two of his colleagues were shot in the legs, with their money carted away.
According to him, “ They stormed our office at about 10 am. I lost N25 Million and 153 thousand pounds to the robbers. They took their time and went into the shops one after the other. When they got to any shop, the first question they asked was ‘where is the money?’. In the process, two of our colleagues were shot in the legs. When they were satisfied, they left, with two ‘Ghana must Go bags’ stuffed with money in both local and foreign currencies, while our wounded colleagues were rushed to the hospital. They took all I have and thereby rendered me a pauper”, he stated.
Identities of other operators whose money were carted away were given as Mukaila, Ibrahim and Muhamadu among others.
Source: Vanguard Online
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