After collecting my valuables, robbers were still calling my husband to bring N25,000 - Victim

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- A robbery victim has told the police that her robbers were consistently calling her husband for money after dispossessing her of her valuables

- The woman, identified as Alhaja, said she was dispossessed of her handbag containing foreign and local currencies on New Year eve

- Police have arrested some suspects connected with the robbery and Alhaja has been called to identify them

A 58-year-old woman who was dispossessed of her handbag containing foreign and local currencies on New Year eve has told the police that the robbers kept using her line to call her husband for more money, Premium Times reports.

NAIJ.com gathered that the woman, identified simply as Alhaja, said she was on her way to Ikorodu after visiting her children when she was robbed at Ketu.

Alhaja said: "I boarded a ‘keke’ (commercial tricycle) going to Ketu bus stop after crossing from motorways. I was going to Ikorodu after visiting my children."

“I got down close to Ketu bridge on Ikorodu road. I was the only one alighting as other passengers had gotten down before reaching the bus stop.

“I was surrounded by five young men wielding knife and daggers. They collected my phone and handbag containing $800, 400 Qatari Riyald, N45,000, American Visa card, pouch containing gold trinkets valued at N110,000 and a purse with unspecified amount.

“After collecting all I had on me. They were still using my line to call my husband that I should bring N25,000 to collect my phone and all they took from me. At a point, I had to block the line when the harassment was getting too much for me.”

She said she reported the incident at Ketu police station and was later invited by the Rapid Response Squad to come and identify some of the arrested suspects.

The police in a statement on Sunday, January 21, said 13 people were initially arrested at Ikosi Ketu on Wednesday, January 17, in connection with the robbery but that the list had been pruned down to five.

The suspects include Shola Oyedele, Adejuwon Adeniyi, Alex Ikoku, Salau Damilola and Mohammed Muritala.

According to the police, Oyedele confessed that the robbery was led by one Sikiru, better known as Hauwa, who is currently on the run.

Quoting unnamed sources, the police said Oyedele sold the victim’s mobile phone to one Michael Ogunnaike who was later arrested and took the police to the suspect’s hideout in Ketu, Lagos.

Lagos police public relations officer, Chike Oti, confirmed the arrest and said that the commissioner of police, Imohimi Edgal, had ordered that the case be transferred to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) for further investigations and arrest of those connected with the case.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Lagos state police command through the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) arrested ten robbery suspects that had been terrorising residents of Ayobo-Ipaja, Lagos, just as they recovered six vehicles stolen by the robbers in Onitsha, Anambra state.

While parading the suspects along with others, Lagos state commissioner of police, Imohimi Edgal disclosed that the suspects broke into their victims houses at night, pack their belongings inside their cars and drive them away very early in the morning.

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