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Residents Lament Onitsha Robbery Attack

•[b]Advocate Restructure Of Police Formations

By Chukwujekwu Ilozue , Reporter, Onitsha


Christian Iwu, elder, Umuezuo Community, Ahiazu Mbaise, Lagos State branch (right); Nze Christopher Ike and other officials during the launch of the community’s N25 million health centre in Lagos…recently.

An armed robbery attack last weekend in which a 23-year-old man died while three others sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, has sent jitters down the spines of residents.

The incident took place at Kano Street of the Onitsha Main Market. Since the coming of the Special Police Squad to deal with series of kidnap and armed robbery in the state the people have enjoyed peace and the serenity like in the olden times before the upsurge of the violent crimes that forced Inspector General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, to send the squad.

According to eyewitnesses, the four-man robbery gang, which operated on two motorbikes, stormed the market around 2.00pm Saturday and attacked a shop that deals on weave-on, belonging to one Mr. John Ogbu, where they carted away about N2 million.

The source disclosed further that while the robbers were robbing the shop a mob was said to have gathered in front of the shop which sent fears of being lynched into the robbers, which resulted in the indiscriminate shootings by one of the robbers.

“In the process” continued the source, “the victim, Okechukwu Onuh, an apprentice was shot on the chest resulting in his death few minutes after, and while three others who were rushed to a nearby hospital sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries.

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Onitsha Central Police Station, Mr. Yusuf Abdul, was evasive to confirm the incident as he said he was in a meeting.

Also, the Police Spokesman in the state, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, said the matter has not been reported to the Command but promised to make enquiries to get the details of the robbery.

Meanwhile, some traders are not happy with the Police in the city who were said to have mounted a road block few meters from the scene of the incident, lamenting that if the Police had challenged the robbers especially after the robbers opened fire on helpless citizens, the robbers would not have escaped.

They therefore want the Police hierarchy to overhaul various police formations in the city to ensure adequate security of lives and property especially during this Yuletide.

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