The online editor of DailyTimes was also robbed and beaten up in the operation which lasted for hours
Article | November 21, 2011 - 6:53am | By Emmanuel Chidiogo

The online editor of DailyTimes was robbed in the early hours of Saturday. Cheta Nwanze, who lives in the Ojodu area of Lagos, had his car stolen as well as his laptop computer and other valuables.

To add to his ordeal, he was beaten up by the robbers, tied up and dumped in a primary school nearby.

The robbers had started their operation earlier that night on Aina Street, Ojodu and had free rein to operate for hours. Nwanze's landlord, Alhaji Abiola Sani, had reported the presence of robbers in
the area to the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, but no one came for hours.

Eventually, some policemen from the Ojodu police station arrived but by that time, the robbers were nowhere to be found. The police left after concluding that the robbers had gone.

No sooner had the police departed than the robbers reemerged and began firing at Alhaji Sani's residence. They emptied entire magazines on the place and in the process, Alhaji Sani's wife was hit in the arm.

A resident of Aina Street, a doctor whose identity is yet to be released, was returning from his night shift and ran into the robbers. They promptly emptied bullets into his car and killed him on the spot.

Nwanze, who all this time was hostage in the primary school , eventually managed to make his escape at dawn. The robbers, meanwhile, were involved in a gun battle with the police along the Berger roadafter which they made good their escape. None of them was harmed.

Wexelion:

I think the police were involved in this robbery.

A resident of Aina Street, a doctor whose identity is yet to be released, was returning from his night shift and ran into the robbers. They promptly emptied bullets into his car and killed him on the spot.

Wexelion:

I think the police were involved in this robbery.

Ihengote:

Nwanze's landlord, Alhaji Abiola Sani, had reported the presence of robbers in
the area to the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, but no one came for hours
Eventually, some policemen from the Ojodu police station arrived but by that time, the robbers were nowhere to be found. The police left after concluding that the robbers had gone.

No sooner had the police departed than the robbers reemerged and began firing at Alhaji Sani's residence. They emptied entire magazines on the place and in the process, Alhaji Sani's wife was hit in the arm.

Imagin,

Nwanze's landlord, Alhaji Abiola Sani, had reported the presence of robbers in the area to the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, but no one came for hours. Eventually, some policemen from the Ojodu police station arrived but by that time, the robbers were nowhere to be found. The police left after concluding that the robbers had gone. No sooner had the police departed than the robbers reemerged and began firing at Alhaji Sani's residence. They emptied entire magazines on the place and in the process, Alhaji Sani's wife was hit in the arm.

From the quote above the police is obviously involved in this robbery, but then who will investigate and prosecute these thieving bast.ards