Robber kills woman after identifying gang member
The
death toll of the Lagos robberies which occurred in various parts of
the state on Saturday and Sunday, has risen to nine after it was
reported at Ajah Police Division that a mother of two, Badejoko
Akinrujomu, was killed by one of the robbers.
According to a friend of the deceased,
the robbers had while attacking Akinrujomu’s home on Sunday night, tied
up all the occupants of the house.
PUNCH Metro learnt that while the
37-year-old was being tied up by the robbers, she was able to identify
him and the robber opened fire on her, killing her instantly.
She said, “What the neighbours told me
was that the robbers came around 3am on Sunday and brought all the
neighbours out of their houses. Badejoko (Akinrujomu) lives in the flat
on the ground floor and was also brought out.
“The robbers then tied all of them and
collected their car keys. As she was being tied up, she identified one
of the robbers and the guy killed her. They entered the vehicles and
drove away immediately. The deceased, who is a trader, had just moved
into that area a few weeks ago.”
PUNCH metro learnt that the police were immediately alerted of the development and rushed down to the scene.
It was gathered that the policemen were on their way to the robbery scene when they were ambushed and killed by the robbers.
Meanwhile, the state police command has
begun to beef up security across the state following the killing of six
of its men and three civilians in Ajah and Oyingbo in Lagos.
It was learnt that the Commissioner of
Police, Umar Manko, on Monday summoned all the Divisional Police
Officers in the state for an emergency meeting where security strategies
were discussed.
A senior police officer, who spoke to
our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that security
had been beefed up in the state.
“We were all with the CP on Monday and
we held a meeting for four hours. We are not happy about the development
and we are on the trail of the robbers. We will get them,” he said.
The police officer added that more patrol vans had been stationed in all crime-prone areas of the state.
Robber kills woman after identifying gang member
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