The death toll of the Lagos robberies which occurred in various parts of the state on Saturday
and Sunday, has risen to nine after it was reported at Ajah Police
Division that a mother of two, Badejoko Akinrujomu, was killed by one of
the robbers.
According to a friend of the deceased, the robbers had while
attacking Akinrujomu’s home on Sunday night, tied up all the occupants
of the house.
PUNCH Metro learnt that while the 37-year-old was being tied
up by the robbers, she was able to identify him and the robber opened
fire on her, killing her instantly.
She said, “What the neighbours told me was that the robbers came
around 3am on Sunday and brought all the neighbours out of their houses.
Badejoko (Akinrujomu) lives in the flat on the ground floor and was
also brought out.
“The robbers then tied all of them and collected their car keys. As
she was being tied up, she identified one of the robbers and the guy
killed her. They entered the vehicles and drove away immediately. The
deceased, who is a trader, had just moved into that area a few weeks
ago.”
PUNCH metro learnt that the police were immediately alerted of the development and rushed down to the scene.
It was gathered that the policemen were on their way to the robbery scene when they were ambushed and killed by the robbers.
Meanwhile, the state police command has begun to beef up security
across the state following the killing of six of its men and three
civilians in Ajah and Oyingbo in Lagos.
It was learnt that the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, on Monday
summoned all the Divisional Police Officers in the state for an
emergency meeting where security strategies were discussed.
A senior police officer, who spoke to our correspondent on the
condition of anonymity, confirmed that security had been beefed up in
the state.
“We were all with the CP on Monday and we held a meeting for four
hours. We are not happy about the development and we are on the trail of
the robbers. We will get them,” he said.
The police officer added that more patrol vans had been stationed in all crime-prone areas of the state.
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