It was horror for some residents of Karu a satelite town
in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, when about
1.am on Tuesday ,armed men numbering about 12
stormed a street where the Chief Palace Guest House is
located killing two people and injuring many others .
Some of the residents who spoke with Kapital FM said
they heard some dogs barking endlessly on the street
trying to alert the people of the ugly incidence
happening in the area.
According to one of the women who chose to be
anonymous, her husband had wanted coming out to
check but she had to prevent him because shortly
before the robbers came there was power failure and
every where was dark.
One of those killed happens to be their security man,
his name is Abubakar but he was popularly called
‘Colly’. He was matcheted and stoned to death right in
front of a small shop which he owned just in front of
their house.
The two security men were brutally murdered and their corpses were dragged in to the
bush close to the houses were the robbers
eventually operated.
One of the victims Mr. Audu Onah whose house was
burgled said;
” I heard a knock at my door at about 1.30am and I
asked who was that? The voice said come and open the
door, but before I could move my family to a secured
room, they had used a massive stone to pull out the
burglary of my window, gained entrance into my house
and opened the main door”.
Mr Onah said immediately they came into his house
armed with matchets, knifes and local pistols, they
pounced on him giving him a deep cut on the forehead
and wounded his mouth.
He explained that the armed men robbed all 6 houses in
his compound making away with laptops, phones, ATM
cards, money and other valuables.
As at the time kapital Fm got there, he had stitches on
his head and cotton wool in his mouth which prevented
him from speaking properly.
The victim said he was rushed to ECWA hospital in the
early hours of the morning were he got treated.
According to him, “We contacted the police during the
robbery operation but unfortunately there was no
prompt response from them.”
Some other residents who spoke to our reporters said
due to power failure as at the time of robbery and ugly
incidence, it prevented them from coming out since
they were not armed.
The residents while urging the relevant authority to
ensure the culprits are brought before the law and
prosecuted accordingly, appeal to the Federal
Government to mount street lights to disperse these
bad people during the night.
As at the time of filing this report men of the Nigeria
Police Force were seen removing the corpses.
Source: Kapital Fm
in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, when about
1.am on Tuesday ,armed men numbering about 12
stormed a street where the Chief Palace Guest House is
located killing two people and injuring many others .
Some of the residents who spoke with Kapital FM said
they heard some dogs barking endlessly on the street
trying to alert the people of the ugly incidence
happening in the area.
According to one of the women who chose to be
anonymous, her husband had wanted coming out to
check but she had to prevent him because shortly
before the robbers came there was power failure and
every where was dark.
One of those killed happens to be their security man,
his name is Abubakar but he was popularly called
‘Colly’. He was matcheted and stoned to death right in
front of a small shop which he owned just in front of
their house.
The two security men were brutally murdered and their corpses were dragged in to the
bush close to the houses were the robbers
eventually operated.
One of the victims Mr. Audu Onah whose house was
burgled said;
” I heard a knock at my door at about 1.30am and I
asked who was that? The voice said come and open the
door, but before I could move my family to a secured
room, they had used a massive stone to pull out the
burglary of my window, gained entrance into my house
and opened the main door”.
Mr Onah said immediately they came into his house
armed with matchets, knifes and local pistols, they
pounced on him giving him a deep cut on the forehead
and wounded his mouth.
He explained that the armed men robbed all 6 houses in
his compound making away with laptops, phones, ATM
cards, money and other valuables.
As at the time kapital Fm got there, he had stitches on
his head and cotton wool in his mouth which prevented
him from speaking properly.
The victim said he was rushed to ECWA hospital in the
early hours of the morning were he got treated.
According to him, “We contacted the police during the
robbery operation but unfortunately there was no
prompt response from them.”
Some other residents who spoke to our reporters said
due to power failure as at the time of robbery and ugly
incidence, it prevented them from coming out since
they were not armed.
ensure the culprits are brought before the law and
prosecuted accordingly, appeal to the Federal
Government to mount street lights to disperse these
bad people during the night.
As at the time of filing this report men of the Nigeria
Police Force were seen removing the corpses.
Source: Kapital Fm
