Terrible: How armed robbers invaded our station and beat us up – Policeman

by ‘Jola Sotubo

Some Police officers in Kaduna were caught unawares yesterday when a gang of robbers invaded their station and disarmed them of their weapons.

The Makarfi Divisional Police Station located in the Makarfi Local Government Council area of the state was under attack after the gang of men, numbering almost 30, raided the station.

An eyewitness told the Vanguard:

According to one of the officers: “I was just about to go in and check some detainees when I heard gunshots. I rushed out to be face-to-face with bandits in flowing caftans, and some in tattered army uniforms shooting into the air and ordering us to come out and lie down on the road.

“They then started throwing explosives into the police station. The ground was shaking. They later moved to the bank (about 100 metres away) and started shooting and throwing explosives. Some of the robbers were standing over us, while the rest were at the bank.

“I don’t know the time they all left because they left one after the other. They may have been there for an hour. Later, we saw a military vehicle with soldiers and Mobile Policemen. We told them what happened and they drove eastwards, also shooting into the air,” he said.

“As far as I know, no one was injured, though they beat up some of us. I also heard they could not get any money from the bank.

“I want you to please tell government to give us surveillance and communication equipment. We are just here facing danger everyday. If the armed robbers had wanted, they could have killed all of us, because they had better arms, and were more in number.”
 

 

One comment

  1. things like this will always happen because a normal Nigerian police station is always flooded with people coming to release detainees and other businesses. for effective policing the area for detaining suspect should be separated from the main station this is y all police stations are always on a lose guard hence their been taken unaware. this is shameful.

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