An enraged mob on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 descended on four robbery suspects who attempted to rob a bank customer of N200, 000 at the Jibowu axis of the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State.
The robbers had reportedly raided a Skye Bank branch in the Morocco area and tormented some customers before they proceeded to attack a Diamond Bank customer in the Jibowu area.
It was gathered that the victim however, raised an alarm which attracted the mob to the scene.
While some of the robbers escaped on a motorcycle the unlucky four were apprehended by the angry mob who nearly lynched them but for the intervention of the police from the Onipanu division.
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the robbers wanted to shoot him, but became confused after they saw a mob coming for them, Punch reports.
He said, “The robbers were about seven in number and there was a woman among them. They had robbed two people in Morocco and they decided to go to Jibowu.
“They saw a suspected Yahoo boy (scammer), coming from the Diamond Bank, and decided to also rob him. The guy, however, raised the alarm and people in the surrounding immediately rose up when they heard, ‘thief, thief’.
“The robbers, who had a gun, wanted to kill him, but because of the crowd, they could not because they didn’t have enough bullets in their gun. They fired two shots into the crowd, but nobody was hurt or injured. When people saw they had expended their ammunition, they chased them.”
The mob was said to have broken the legs of the suspects who were later taken to the station after they were soaked in blood.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus,identified the robbers as Godwin Uzong, Ahmed Fatai, Rafiu Magaji and Bayo Kadiri.
She said, “The robbers had actually robbed a woman of N200,000 and were fleeing when the victim raised the alarm. Our police patrol team gave them a chase and arrested them. They are in our custody and we recovered a weapon from them.”
