Robbers invade police,
military barracks in Lagos
By Chioma Okezie- Okeh
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Recently, in various police and military barracks, robbery
is gradually becoming common occurrence as residents lament
the torment and harassment of hoodlums who dare the armed
officers to invade their homes.
However, these incidents have been traced to children of police
and military officers who are also residents in the barracks
and know the terrain so well as to invite outsiders who raid
the homes of officers. These children who are struggling in
the face of hardship are left with the only choice of indulging
in robbery with the aid of their father’s weapons.
According a victim of the act in recent times, a Chief Superintendent
of Police and the DPO of one of the stations in Lagos urban,
the terrorists must have cast a spell on him before having
their way into his home.
The DPO said members of his family had slept off at about
11am when a robber sneaked into his house at a police barracks
in Ikeja. The robbery suspect made away with two cell phones
from his living room. The same invader later had access to
the officer’s wife’s room where he took some cash,
clothes and handsets. As if that was not enough, he proceeded
to the DPO’s room where he took his trousers and made
away with other.
“I was shocked when I discovered that my room was raided
by robbers when I was fast asleep. How can they open my door
without any sound? They went as far as dipping their hand
under my pillow to remove my handset. What other explanation
would anyone give than I was under a spell? It was pure juju
Another police officer who lost his cell phones to invaders
at home lamented the menace. Saturday Sun had
visited the station for confirmation of a story at Ikotun
and met one of the police officers shouting that there was
an armed robber in the house. “They are breeding thieves
in the office. I had slept forgetting my phone on the table.
When I woke up, it had disappeared. “The reporter suggested
that it might be the handiwork of visitors but he said. “
It was taken by my colleague. No visitor would dare it. They
are worse than criminals and should be curbed.”
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