Lagos State government yesterday alerted residents on a new dimension of criminal activities in parts of the state perpetrated by men of the underworld.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Habib Aruna, the state government said unscrupulous persons rendered their prospective victims unconscious through the rubbing of a perfumed handkerchief on their face.
The statement alerted that the bandits usually targeted victims in either a lonely commuter bus, taxi or at a quiet corner.
It added that by the time the effect of the drugged perfume wears off, the criminals would have fled after robbing a victim.
The statement listed the Igando axis in Alimosho Local Government Area as one of the areas where this new dimension of crime had become very pronounced in recent times.
It said: “It is not yet known how harmful the drug being used on the handkerchief is.
“While that is being checked out, it may be necessary to alert members of the public on this new dimension.”
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Truck crushes couple, son in Anambra
A man, wife and their eldest son were, yesterday, crushed to death in an accident involving their ash-coloured Toyota Camry and a container-bearing truck at Agu Awka end of Enugu-Onitsha expressway.
The family’s six-month-old baby boy, his four-year-old brother and seven-year-old sister, who survived, were in very critical condition and are receiving treatment at the Regina Caeli Hospital, Awka.
At press time, the wrecked remains of the family’s car were still beneath the truck, with many sympathizers wailing and cursing the truck driver.
The driver of the truck, with number plates LSR 897XQ, ran away immediately the incident occurred.
According to the eyewitness, when people noticed the high speed with which the truck was moving, they started waving, trying to slow him down.
The eyewitness added that it was a few seconds after that that he rammed into the car, which was heading towards Enugu.
The family’s six-month-old baby boy, his four-year-old brother and seven-year-old sister, who survived, were in very critical condition and are receiving treatment at the Regina Caeli Hospital, Awka.
At press time, the wrecked remains of the family’s car were still beneath the truck, with many sympathizers wailing and cursing the truck driver.
The driver of the truck, with number plates LSR 897XQ, ran away immediately the incident occurred.
According to the eyewitness, when people noticed the high speed with which the truck was moving, they started waving, trying to slow him down.
The eyewitness added that it was a few seconds after that that he rammed into the car, which was heading towards Enugu.
My father beat me with barbed wire, broke my my mum's kneees
Operatives of Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Ebutte Metta chapter, have rescued a 12-year-old girl (names withheld), who was battered by her father in Lagos.
It was gathered that the victim was found in critical condition at Oyingbo market, Ebute- Metta, following beatings she allegedly received from her father.
A close family source said: “The victim, a Junior Secondary School, JSS, 1 student with the Canal Secondary School, Orile, Lagos State, would have died from the wound she sustained after her father flogged her with barbed wire, but for the intervention of vigilante members, who found her writhing in pains in the dead of the night.”
It was learned that Kafayat was rushed to Star Clinic, Ebutte-Metta, where she is receiving treatment from the wound she sustained all over her body.
It was gathered that the victim was found in critical condition at Oyingbo market, Ebute- Metta, following beatings she allegedly received from her father.
A close family source said: “The victim, a Junior Secondary School, JSS, 1 student with the Canal Secondary School, Orile, Lagos State, would have died from the wound she sustained after her father flogged her with barbed wire, but for the intervention of vigilante members, who found her writhing in pains in the dead of the night.”
It was learned that Kafayat was rushed to Star Clinic, Ebutte-Metta, where she is receiving treatment from the wound she sustained all over her body.
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