The fear of Mushin is the beginning of understanding. For many years, Mushin had been amongst the terror zones in Lagos but this time, the story seems to be more pathetic as residents along 8 major streets in Mushin were sleepless and terrorized on Easter Monday.
Armed robbers numbering 60 attacked residents in Coker Lane, New Balogun, Euba, Ayonuga, Tiamiyu, Haruna, Ereko and Oyedele Street. The armed robbers who were said to be with strong ammunitions made their announcement with a warning shots around 12am before
starting their house to house robbery until about 7am in the morning.
During the robbery incident which lasted for over seven hours, many properties were stolen, so many properties destroyed and many ladies and women were raped too. Little wonder, even the mosque on Coker Lane was not spared as the worshippers who slept in the mosque after a vigil, were also robbed by the hoodlums.
Residents say all efforts to get the police proved abortive as they kept saying they were on their way.
Eyewitnesses say over 30 vehicles parked on the streets were destroyed in the mindless attack. A resident speaks:
“It was around 12am on Monday
morning that we started hearing gunshots. It lasted for about an hour.
“Around 1am, they started going from house-to-house, robbing the
occupants. They stole about seven laptops from the house opposite this
mosque. They stole phones, money and everything they saw. They came
inside the mosque and took our phones and money. People were crying
throughout the night. It was terrible.”
Another witness said the robbers were not in a haste. He said they
robbed till 5am and came back at 6am to continue before leaving around
7am.
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