HORRIBLE: How armed robbers raided 8 streets, destroyed cars and raped women in Lagos

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by Akan Ido

The Mushin area of Lagos was thrown into chaos on Easter Monday as armed robbers reportedly numbering about 60 attacked residents stealing, destroying properties and raping women.

The robbers reportedly raided eight streets in the area causing mayhem unchallenged for over seven hours.

Residents say all efforts to get the police proved abortive as they kept saying they were on their way.

Eyewitnesses say over 30 vehicles parked on the streets were destroyed in the mindless attack.

The streets attacked are Coker Lane, New Balogun, Euba, Ayonuga, Tiamiyu, Haruna, Ereko and Oyedele street.

The robbers were said to have fired warning shots around 12am before starting their house to house robbery until about 7am in the morning.

A mosque on Coker Lane was not spared as the worshippers, who slept in the mosque after a vigil, were robbed by the hoodlums.

A witness who spoke to the Punch said, “It was around 12am on Monday morning that we started hearing gunshots. It lasted for about an hour.

“Around 1am, they started going from house-to-house, robbing the occupants. They stole about seven laptops from the house opposite this mosque. They stole phones, money and everything they saw. They came inside the mosque and took our phones and money. People were crying throughout the night. It was terrible.”

Another witness said the robbers were not in a haste. He said they robbed till 5am and came back at 6am to continue before leaving around 7am.

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  1. Where are the men in black/blue; guess they were on break ! Too bad.

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