SUSPECTED armed robbers, who specialise in stealing motorcycles, were said to have invaded a community in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, leaving behind tales of woes.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the armed men invaded Vincent Street in the LGA around 3 am last Wednesday, shattering the peace being experienced in the area.
Some residents of the area told PUNCH that the armed men were conveyed to the area in a Sienna car, one minibus, and one tricycle.
A yet-to-be-identified commercial motorcyclist, who resisted the move by the armed men to go away with his motorcycle, which he recently bought through hire purchase, was inflicted with machete cuts.
He was said to still be recuperating from the severe injuries he sustained during the incident.
Residents said the armed men first invaded an area where motorcyclists usually park their motorcycles overnight before they stormed neighbouring houses where they dispossessed residents of their phones, laptops, and other valuables.
A resident of Vincent Street, who did not want his name in print, confirmed that the robbers went from house to house and dispossessed residents of their valuables.
“I learnt that they dispossessed people of their cell phones and money. Police should please patrol our area at night. It is becoming dangerous for people to sleep because of armed robbers, who have been coming here lately,” he said.
A member of the Olori Community Development Association, Alimosho, where the incident happened, who pleaded anonymity, said that recently, armed robbers had been giving members of the community sleepless nights.
He also praised the Molashashi Police Station Divisional Police Officer, Kabiru Sulaimon, who, he said, led his men to the scene immediately after they received calls from the community.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident, said the police recovered a Beretta 9mm, one iPhone, and one itel phone from the robbery scene.
