Armed robbers strike commuters in Kogi, kill brothers
Armed robbers again
struck on Saturday along the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State killing two
brothers and injuring a policeman on roadblock duties.
The incident which
occurred at about 6pm in between Itakpe and Kabba Junction end of the Okene
-Lokoja – Abuja expressway forced commuters and travellers to scamper for
safety while abandoning their vehicles in the middle of the road.
It was gathered that the victims who were brothers and from the central part of Kogi State, went to Lagos for holidays and were on their way back to their station in Katsina State when the incident occurred.
The incident which
occurred at about 6pm in between Itakpe and Kabba Junction end of the Okene
-Lokoja – Abuja expressway forced commuters and travellers to scamper for
safety while abandoning their vehicles in the middle of the road.
It was gathered that the
victims who were brothers and from the central part of Kogi State, went to
Lagos for holidays and were on their way back to their station in Katsina State
when the incident occurred.
DAILY POST further
gathered that the robbers who were fully armed operated freely and later shot a
yet to be identified police officer at a nearby checkpoint on the leg.
A woman who was caught
up in the ugly incident but pleaded not to be mentioned on Sunday narrated her
experience to told DAILY POST.
“We boarded our vehicle
from Lagos around 7am but experienced heavy ‘go-slow,’ and not until after
Ibadan, were we totally free from it.
“We got to Osara past
6pm. Our driver was following closely behind the vehicle that was attacked.
Somewhere, the driver had to stop for a passenger who was pressed, to urinate,
after which we saw oncoming motors flagging us to stop; that there was a robbery
operation ahead.
”Some people ran helter-skelter but the residents will not allow
us to take refuge in their houses. They said that if they did, the robbers
would fish them out one by one.
“After quite a
while, other vehicles continued on their journey, but ours will not start. The
driver made contacts and a motor mechanic came over from the Kabba Junction to
attend to us.
“When we got to
the point of the attack, we heard that two brothers were shot and killed, while
a policeman at the nearby checkpoint was shot in the leg. We heard that their
remains were later evacuated and deposited at the State Specialist Hospital in
Lokoja.”
Daredevil armed robbers
again struck on Saturday along the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State killing
two brothers and injuring a policeman on roadblock duties.
The incident which
occurred at about 6pm in between Itakpe and Kabba Junction end of the Okene
-Lokoja – Abuja expressway forced commuters and travellers to scamper for
safety while abandoning their vehicles in the middle of the road.
It was gathered that the
victims who were brothers and from the central part of Kogi State, went to
Lagos for holidays and were on their way back to their station in Katsina State
when the incident occurred.
DAILY POST further
gathered that the robbers who were fully armed operated freely and later shot a
yet to be identified police officer at a nearby checkpoint on the leg.
A woman who was caught
up in the ugly incident but pleaded not to be mentioned on Sunday narrated her
experience to told DAILY POST.
“We boarded our vehicle
from Lagos around 7am but experienced heavy ‘go-slow,’ and not until after
Ibadan, were we totally free from it.
“We got to Osara past
6pm. Our driver was following closely behind the vehicle that was attacked.
Somewhere, the driver had to stop for a passenger who was pressed, to urinate,
after which we saw oncoming motors flagging us to stop; that there was a
robbery operation ahead.
”Some people ran
helter-skelter but the residents will not allow us to take refuge in their
houses. They said that if they did, the robbers would fish them out one by one.
“After quite a while,
other vehicles continued on their journey, but ours will not start. The driver
made contacts and a motor mechanic came over from the Kabba Junction to attend
to us.
“When we got to the
point of the attack, we heard that two brothers were shot and killed, while a
policeman at the nearby checkpoint was shot in the leg. We heard that their
remains were later evacuated and deposited at the State Specialist Hospital in
Lokoja.”
When contacted, the Kogi
State Police Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), William Aya, said the
command is yet to get a report on the incident but assured DAILY POST that he
would furnish it with details as soon as he receives a report from the
Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of the area.
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