LANDLORDS and residents of Oke, Alhaji Idowu, Ajani Akingbogun, Benesther, and Lambe Streets in Akowonjo, in the Egbeda-Akowonjo LCDA of Alimosho LGA, have cried out over incessant attacks by hoodlums who dispossess unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables in the community.
According to media reports, the hoodlums have been taking advantage of dark corners in the different streets to unleash terror on victims going to and returning from work in the early and late hours of the day.
Narrating her ordeal in the hands of the hoodlums, a victim, Omolade Olayemi, said she was on her way home when the hoodlums dispossessed her of her phone and money on Benesther Street.
She said, “I was on my way home on February 2 when about six guys surrounded me at about 11.34 pm on Benesther Street. They showed me a gun and asked for my bag. One of them even asked me if my ATM card was with me but luckily for me, it was at home.
“I lost my Samsung phone and #15,000 to the robbers. They even threatened to use their knife to mark my face if I did not hand over my bag to them. Since then, I leave my shop early so that I would not fall into their hands again.”
Another victim, Kareem Akinola, said he closed late from his shop and was on his way home when he saw robbers dispossessing a man of his property.
He said, “This issue of robbers on our street is becoming something else. Some weeks ago, I saw them collecting a man’s bag and I ran back to Animashaun bus stop which is usually busy and told some people and the OPC men who were around went there. But before they reached, the robbers had gone.”
The secretary of the Omituntun Community Development Association, Ismail Asumo, described the issue as a major concern for the community, adding that several reports had been made to the police.
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