I’ve just finished hearing a really frightening story. A friend & colleague had her house in Lekki visited in the early hours of this morning. The 8 robbers spent over an hour trying to break into her home. They eventually made it in through the guest room window, subsequently entering her room(where her husband, mum & two kids were hiding)via the ceiling. After her & hubby received severe beating, the men of the underworld took every valuable they could possibly cart away.Money,clothes,phones,jewellery,wedding rings etc.The cruel men even at a point threatened to shoot her 4-month old baby if she & her husband didn’t produce pounds sterling, proving their intent by pointing a gun’s nozzle at the innocent infant.How traumatic that must have been.I’m sure you are probably saying ‘But the thieves tried entering the house for a long while, so she had ample time to call the police.’Yes, she had time but despite calling for help at around 1a.m, the esteemed protectors of lives & property didn’t show up until some minutes to 4 a.m.I’m sick & tired of hearing of cops getting to crime scenes long after the criminals have fled.Gosh, we are in trouble. The closest I’ve ever come to an armed robbery was when a petty burglar entered my VI home through the living room window in the mid-90s and made away with a video cassette player.Thankfully, we didn’t notice anything till the next morning.
I can only imagine how scary it must have been for this family knowing that dangerous, armed criminals were trying frantically to come into their home in the dead of night. It must have been even more terrifying when they were actually face to face with the armed devils. The crooks even took the tiny bracelet on her baby daughter’s fragile arms, as well as the son’s clothes.
Like we all know, what’s most important after such an experience is that no one was hurt. If something had happened to anyone, the material losses would have been the last thing on everyone’s mind. For that we are extremely grateful.
Lord, please protect us all...as it’s obvious no one else can.
Lord, please protect us all...as it’s obvious no one else can.
4 comments:
this is truly worrisome. something similar happened to my family in october 2002, we called the police and as usual didnt show up until the bandits had left. while they were still robbing us, they actually said they knew we had called for help. hmmm, does this mean the police do have something to do with these robberies sometimes?
5years and things havent even changed one bit.....
God help and save us all. Amen.
May God continue to protect us all.
Now thats a scary mess...Heartless humans.
Can this new govt do something to make change?
Personally all the police officers needs to be retired and they need to hire new fresh ones.
So miuch for 911!
Chaai...d horror stories i read on a daily basis about these robberies are indeed worrisome and thought-provoking o. What really annoys me most is the sheer anger and desperation in these guys actions. What could possibly be done about this continuous terror?
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