Robbery: Lagos Residents Send SoS To Sanwo-Olu, CP

Residents of Lawani Street, off Ishaga Road, Surulere Area of Lagos State have sent a Save-our-Soul (SoS) message to the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and all security agencies over frequent robbery attacks on the street.

The street, according to residents, had been raided four-times in two weeks in the month of July alone.

The residents told our correspondent that the dare-devil robbers who usually operate in the midnight had been attacking the street since last year, saying property worth millions of naira had been lost to the frequent robbery attacks on the street.

Narrating her ordeal in the latest incident which happened on Tuesday, July 18th, one of the affected landowners on the street who didn’t want her name in print, said some of the robbers climbed her fence and jumped onto the balcony of her one story building to gain entrance into the compound.

The traumatised aged woman said the robbers who came with various dangerous weapons including guns, cutlasses and knives unscrewed her television set from the wall, collected money running into thousands of naira, laptops and mobile phones from the occupants of the building.

Another resident who also spoke under the condition of anonymity claimed that the robbers were young men who usually threatened to gun down any residents bold enough to challenge them, and explained that they were also in the habit of vandalising cars, especially Toyota and Lexus.

Another affected resident recalled how men employed to guard the gate of the street were tied up during one of the incidents, said one of the security men was even taken away and later dumped on the way to Ilasa via Idi-Araba from where he made his way back and promptly resigned due to the trauma he experienced.

They lamented that they always report the robbery attacks to the Police who usually send officers to assess the post incidence damages, saying the reactive measures by the police have not deterred the robbers.

The residents appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babjide Sanwo-Olu to prevail on  the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Abiodun Owohunwa and the Divisional Police officer in that area to deploy more patrols at night to protect  their lives and properties.