Friday, August 16, 2013

CAR ROBBERY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD




My neighbor was driving his truck(popularly called JEEP  in Nigeria) on his way home, from work after a hard day's work, our roads are bad, and so he was forced to slow down, after-all  he was almost home, just  five minutes drive and he would be home, then he heard a bang at the back of his truck, it was a bike rider with a passenger at the back (popularly called OKADA Riders in Lagos), the bike rider claimed that my neighbor had hit him from behind, he ignored them and continued driving, before he knew what was happening the bike rider was in front of his truck, shouting at him, he made the mistake of innocently arguing with them, before he could say 'Jack Robinson', the passenger on the bike jumped off, from the bike, other boys appeared with guns , they started to hit, my neighbour, pushed him away from the driver's seat, and drove off. with him in the car, they collected his ATM card, asked him for his pin number and threw him off the moving truck. He trekked  home, with blood dripping from his head. sadly lots of  people witnessed this but no one called for help or made any attempt to rescue him. he got home around 11pm, my husband drove him to the police station, to make a report, the policemen on duty were more interested in how much they could make from an injured victim. they requested for N5,000.00 before they would radio other units. my husband was so disappointed. well they had no cash on them so they left without dropping a dine but prayed that the police would make the call, then their next stop was  a private hospital, the doctors refused to attend to them, claiming that they would not treat him since the police was now involved. so they ended up at a government hospital, were my husband said they met,others who had just being attacked by robbers.a mother and her son particularly caught his attention, they had both received matchet  cuts on their heads from their attackers,  they got home around 1.30 am. That was risky. i am sharing this so that others would know how these robbers operate. When they hit you from behind, and in most cases you will stop to check your car and they attack. Christmas is around the corner, be careful. the case is still under investigation, the robbers withdrew, N40,000.00 from his account, our neighbor and the bank are trying to trace where the withdrawal was made. please dont leave too much money in an account you have with ATM CARD. we pray for a better police system and good roads in Nigeria,  for now we are all on our own. God please protect us all

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