Armed men rob motorists in Lagos gridlock

A driver, Samson Olanrewaju, has portrayed his experiences in the possession of cutlass and blade using looters who went after him and denied him of his effects.

Olanrewaju, , on Tuesday said the looters numbering up to seven ransacked him and different drivers in the Ido region, along the Third Central area Extension on Tuesday around 2:00am

Olanrewaju, who is the Agent Executive of the African Activity Congress in the state, said, “I was returning from work at Lekki, so I drove down the Third Central area Extension towards Ido, near Ijora Olopa where the episode occurred. There was light traffic. Those folks were looting two vehicles in front of me as of now. I was unable to switch since there was traffic. I quickly ended up the glass to essentially safeguard myself.

“Be that as it may, when they wrapped up with those two vehicles, I just heard sounds from the different sides of my vehicle, they broke the side windscreen and started requesting my telephone and different things. They entered and eliminated cash from my safe. They had cutlasses and blades. One of them eliminated everything in my safe, and carried off my power bank, an iPhone 6, and a PC.”

Olanrewaju said his difficulty was additionally compounded when he rushed to the police headquarters to report the occurrence and one of the police officers requested that he pay N3,000 for his report to be recorded.

Another casualty, Adetunji, who said he succumbed that very night, told our reporter that he lost N15,000, a wallet, and his telephone to the looters.

“It resembled a film. I have been catching wind of these roadway looters yet I never expected that I would be a casualty. They exploited the traffic, appeared unexpectedly and began breaking individuals’ windows, they eliminated the side reflection of my vehicle.

“My telephone, cash and N15,000 were gone. I later returned home to figure out that my wallet was likewise not where I put it in the vehicle. They are little childs, some of them young people,” he said.

Reached, the state Police Advertising Official, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police in the space would survey their system to further develop security out and about.

The PPRO said, “We have connected him (Olanrewaju) up with the DPO and they are working inseparably. He has given the DPO the important data that will assist the DPO with evaluating his enemy of wrongdoing procedure in his area.

“We are chipping away at it and we trust that with the survey of his techniques, such will not reoccur there.”

He added that the cop that requested N3,000 had been recognized and welcome to the base camp while fitting disciplinary move would be initiated against her.