Robbers early Thursday morning invaded streets in Ejigbo community in
Lagos State. During the three-hour attack, they forced
one of their victims to serve them food before they began their
operation.
They
reportedly sat in the sitting room and were served eba (food made from
fried cassava paste) and soup which they ate before they started the
operation.
The armed men stormed Adenuga and Joseph streets at
about 1.30 am and carted away money and valuable properties belonging
to residents.According the victims, the operation lasted till 4.30 am.
P.M.NEWS
gathered that for some weeks now, the residents of Ejigbo have not
known peace due to incessant robbery attacks in the area.
It
was learnt that the robbers also waylay residents in the early morning
and evening and force them to part with their valuable items at gun
point.At Fayemi and Dorcas streets as well as Idimu road, many
residents have lost their valuables such as handsets, necklace, money
and others to the robbers.
A victim who resides at Joseph street
said the robbers stormed their house, forced the door open and tied some
people and locked them in one of the rooms before ransacking
everywhere.
“Three of them who entered our sitting room ordered
our mum to serve them food which she did. Thereafter, they ransacked the
whole house and stole N100,000, handsets and other valuables and left,”
the victim said.