They had barely come to a stop when
4 boys leaped out of the shadows and knocked on the windows
with torch lights and asked them to roll down the windows. They were
still trying to come to terms with rising levels of panic when the
hoodlums shattered the rear windows on both sides of the car and
proceeded to rough-handle the ladies in the back seat and collect all
valuables. Continue...
The hoodlums proceeded with impunity
to open all the bags and pour the contents into nylon bags they brought
along. This
was in the presence of all other motorists on the bridge. The robbery
went on for well over 2minutes from start to finish.
When
they had finished and disappeared into the shadows and the occupants of
the car were able to drive away, they saw policemen further down the
bridge on patrol and reported to them that they had been robbed,
whereupon the policemen empathized (or sympathized) with them simply by
saying 'ah, those boys have started again'.
Luckily no one sustained grave injuries in the attack and Teju's wife is fine but very shook up.
Speaking about the incident, Teju said;
"One realizes that this is becoming almost commonplace and acceptable in Lagos as reports reaching us indicate that it happens daily. That may very well be an axiom but I share this with you to bring attention to what threatens to become endemic. A great contretemps I must confess."
116 comments:
So sorry about this
We need security in Nigeria. Lindaobserve
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Thank God they didnt kill anybody.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
WEN WILL LAGOS PPLE CHANGE FROM DES KNDA LYF STYLE???TOMJERRYSWIT
Thats so sad. Hope no life was lost. I know that place because I go through that route everyday.If only that place can be properly illuminated, it may have helped in a way
Thank God dey were not injured
Eysaaah! Dat sack get as he b!
Thank God they weren't hurt. And they must have lost real valuable stuff since all contents of their bags were emptied into a nylon bag and carried away by the psychos. Its well with us o.
#TeamBlessed#
Imagine d police men @ "ah! these boys have started again! Uchu gbakwa unu! Thank God 4 dia lives
So sorry about that.
She would be well. People aged just desperate.. unnecessary desperation though.. not good atall. Hosea 8:6
Sigh
Smh...naija which way forward?
D incoming lagos govt should do something urgently about these hoodlums;
cos they are becoming bolder day by day....
Aiyaa,thank God for her life & friends2'..Pele..& for dos policemen,na wa!
cheii God safe us oo we pass dat bridge too d traffic was much n my oga was telling me all dis boys working on d bridge lukin 4 pipu 2 rob and police dey dat bridge too oo nawa God help us
Lagos nawa. That bagco super sack though...
...Mama J...
THE POLICE FORCE SHOULD STATION MEN PERMANENTLY AT ALL THESE TROUBLED SPOTS AND ALSO EMPOWER THE YOUTH SO DAYLIGHT ROBBERY WILL STOP. IDLE MINDS CREATE LOADS OF HAVOC LIKE THESE........ A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THOSE INVOLVED - PELE.....
Dirty Cops.
Pathetically lazy @ah, those boys have started again#
Eyah, sorry ma. Thank God you are fine, that is the most important
I really do not know what is going on around that area. The response these police pass after such sometimes, you will wonder if they are in know of it. I have experienced this before, imagine the police asking me if I can recognize him, if yes, they will take me to their zone so as to point to him.
It's unfortunate the policemen did nothing
to help.
God continues to save his own...
When I read things like dis, it gets me really upset and fed up of this country. The security system is so bad that anything can happen @ anytime and anywhere. Imagine the fact that other persons where there equally held up in the same traffic. So sad for Nigeria. Smh
When I read things like dis, it gets me really upset and fed up of this country. The security system is so bad that anything can happen @ anytime and anywhere. Imagine the fact that other persons where there equally held up in the same traffic. So sad for Nigeria. Smh
When I read things like dis, it gets me really upset and fed up of this country. The security system is so bad that anything can happen @ anytime and anywhere. Imagine the fact that other persons where there equally held up in the same traffic. So sad for Nigeria. Smh
Hmmmmmm, ur protection is all we need o Lord
Hmmmmmm, ur protection is all we need o Lord
Ah those boys have started again and in my heart I ask...befor nko..wat do u xpect dem to say
This happens everyday at the same spot she was attacked(there is always traffic there while descending to costain)Nobody is bothered abt this,maybe when they start killing pple,then police would do something abt it...they attack mostly women...
Lol @the police response.Not helpful at all
it amazes me when people outside notice stuff like this and don't seem to help collectively. A friends car was snatched from him few days back; in TRAFFIC!!
Issues of insecurity in Lagos is alarming, u can't walk freely at night.
Similar thing has happened to me in Onitsha. I was in a traffic jam around 8:45pm at Bridge head, when one hefty guy came to my window and said "Give me that money".. I saw starstruck and was shivering. He pointed his gun at me and repeated that. I don't know what gave me a strong mind cos I wasn't moved. He left and jumped unto a waiting motorcycle when he saw that nothing was coming from me. Guess what? I opened the door and ran away..lol.. Then I came back 5minutes later.. Funny enough, a friend of mine who was sitting infront of my car has already fainted.
Linda cogitate!
Eyyya....sorry
hmmmm
Eya!
How is that news? A beg go. Everybody plus their wives na celebrity
Lol @ 'ah, those boys have started again'. We are on our way to better days as a country I hope with the new administration coming in.
This Lagos is something else
Eya
Pele
One of the down sides of living in Lagos. #brazen robbery
thank God no one sustained bad injuries, things lost will be replaced. Security and electricity are 2 of Nigeria's greatest problems.
lol @ thos boys have started again
Something has to be done about this eko bridge oooo cos its everyday they rub people on that bridge
Fashola please do something about the eko bridge thieves
This robbery on Eko Bridge keeps happening and the authorities in Lagos and the Nigeria Police do nothing about it! I bet when an official or someone who is related to the 'official' is robbed the hoodlums will suddenly be apprehended after the 'detective' work of our police. Rubbish! No country is perfect, by try to take the safety of your citizens seriously.
Madam sorry. The only good thing here is that it is now happening to people with voice. I hope the Lagos state government will do something. But how come the police are always a few minutes away???..Hmmm..
I have been rubbed on that eko bridge 3times from 2011 till date and nothing has been done to stop it
na today
those guys don collect two of my fones within 6 months
Something needs to be done.
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Its quite pathetic that this is really becoming a "NORM" in Lagos here.I pray she recovers quick,its really scarring,trust me. I was also attacked and robbed at gun point last two weeks on my way to work by two guys who alighted from a jeep.I just couldn't fathom it. They collected my phones,jewelries even handbag but i still give God all the Glory that my life was spared. Still recovery from the shock...
One of the down sides of living in Lagos. #brazen robbery
This is sad.................Happened to two of my friends last month on the same bridge
That's it! These boys have started again is all that can be said. This is getting ridiculous! May God protect our country.
This is becoming too rampant in lagos of recent, my sister was robbed same way around onikan bridge early in the morning about 3 weeks ago, two other colleagues of hers in d same office have suffered same fate immediately after hers. Lagos state government and the NPF should please stand up to their responsibilities of securing lives and properties in this state. WHy should hoodlums be having a field day for d love of God???? please u perople should do ur jobs o and send those bastards to where they belong - kirikiri maximum prison.
Dis is not the solution, but to avoid losing much for the time being.. Ladies always keep your bags in the booth of your car.. No one would ask you to open the booth of your car
-Words From D WISE ONE
Naija which way
Thank God no life was lost in d process... Eeyah
Thank God no life was lost in d process... Eeyah
I said Lagos needed change, but people said no =/
That is why i dont like to stay late outside in the evening,Lagos is full of many sh*ts
Hope they did not steal her pussy too
Hope they did not steal her pussy too
hope they did not steal her pussy too
All this big grammar now is because it affected u now.many people are rub there everyday and u never use your voice as a television personality to Let people be aware now that your wife was affected u dey speak English
Thank God U n ur friends re safe
Ubanagum
Hummmm!
Hummmm!
sorry madam...that's what ordinary and extra-ordinary people also face around that area.
Thank God that the ladies are fine.It's sad that the police could do nothing about it.
Its common knowledge that the boys on that bridge deliver daily to the policemen ....so ofcourse they do nothing to protect u..ive been a victim too...@ alaka bridge...Policemen are thieves themselves...useless idiots
My dear Linda, that how bad it is, we need to cal out to #nigerianpolice.. I know that spot and always avoid it when it starts getting dark. There is also another spot along oshodi-apapa expressway, I think that's at Charity bus stop, close to the overhead bridge that oversees another bridge on the other side. They rub and run into those hideouts. Unfortunately too, we have policemen around those places.
Its really sad.
NAwa o. God help us o
Teju all this English sha...
May God protect us from evil people
AH THOSE BOYS HAS STARTED AGAIN...WHAT KIND OF UNCALLED COMMENT IS THAT....IF IT IS TO HEADBUTT OR KILL PEOPLE, THEY WILL DO THAT....SORRYJARE MRS TEJUBABYFACE AND OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR
the death penalty must be enforced for many things. thats the only thing that can curb all this. imagine, they walked up to them, smashed their windows and other motorists were there.
Hmmm na wa oh for those criminals in Lagos oh!
Thank God say them nor kill una oo
Samething happened to me last week same eko bridge ,this one it was only one guy and the funny thing is i still saw the same guy roaming round the same spot on tuesday probably looking for someone else to rob pls can the appropriate authorities do something about this? I was so shook by this i was ice cold for about an hour
Cici.
All this celebs that show off their plate numbers and show off when they buy new cars, you see now.you are marking yourselves.
Thank God none of them was injured, that's the most important thing.
Can you imagine what d police dats supposed to protect us are saying??? Only God go fit help us 4 dis country. Linda take note!
Eyahhhhh sorry oooo
Linda we need to organize a protest march to Ambode and the new President Elect. This has to stop. It happens every other day in Lagos and just yesterday they were attacking after Oshodi opposite Lastma office on your way to Anthony from Oshodi around 10.am in the morning. Lastma and police were there watching. I was just lucky my car was not attacked but they attacked several cars and I was watching them.
It was like that in Onitsha Anambra until Obiano came and stopped it last year. It is all about political will to tackle it. Dispatch plain cloths policemen in all the troubled and vulnerable spots 24/7 and this nonsense will stop.
And what is the CP of the State doing about it? Time has come for the right thing to be done. The Police should put on its thinking cap and strategise on what should be done to curb this rubbish. Though the problem also lies with the courts. When these rascals are arraigned,they get away with a slap on the wrists.
Thank God no life was lost
Alhamdulilah no life lost,Allah shall return your loss in multiples and may we not witness such again. Police men pls u need to do something to this b4 it bcomes to rampant o.
#Hajia Mufliat#
Things are happening
Nawa o.May God protect us all
Sad! Thank God they were not hurt. But this is bad.
It happens every evening at orile on the express, alaba suru to mile 2 on the express , oshodi .Lagos State and the nigerian police needs to rise up to this. Or grant licence to carry guns
Linda, it is time for us to mobilize Lagosians and carry out a mass protest to the governor elect Ambode and the new President. It is impunity that is causing this as they operate unchallenged, and it has now become a habit. It happens every other day especially in mile 2 and environs, and I have stopped driving my car outside amuwo odofin. We were was almost mugged yesterday opposite lastma office in Oshodi on my way to the island. There was a little trafic going towards Anthony and then you see them sitting on the pavement and all of a sudden they start pouncing on cars breaking their windshield. We narrowly miraculously escaped but we saw them attack at least 6 different cars and this is around 10 am in the morning. Anambra state government stopped it with the same Nigerian Police, Lagos State government can stop it too. So please spread the word it is time foor us to march against this.
Have experienced something like this twice in Abuja and it is a common thing now in Abuja, very sad!!! The first time, my bag was stolen from my friends car and this last one twas my phone. The guy was so scary!
Please accept my sympathy. But men, i couldnt help but laugh at the apo shaka she used as a makeshift window.
Lagos is fast becoming a shit hole. i hope this change that has come upon us will change this scary incidents.
But still on still sha, LIBERS LOVE AND HAIL THEIR KING.
Too bad
Lol, linda u just learn new grammar.
Good that no one died.
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This is their trend, Lagosian should be very careful, same method of robbery happened to my friend along ikorodu road opposite ojota main motor park on tuesday around 8pm.They operate during heavy traffic. Please watch out
Quite unfortunate, I wish Lagos wud up its game on security. And dese thieves/robbers/criminals sud learn dere is dignity in working for your money and not depriving anoda of their resources thru threats and brandishing of weapons. What Nuisance. Mrs Toby, how shaken u must be. Sorry dear.
Thank God they no one was hurt...smh @ the police officers though.
That spot is a regular for those hoodlums. I experienced it three times in one week and I called the Lagos emergency number, they promised to do something about it. I think what we need is a protest so these can stop.
So sorry
Lol...na d sack ur eye see..
The Nigeria police force is a total disgrace. Thank God for preserving their lives even though properties were lost.
The Nigeria police force is a total disgrace. Thank God for preserving their lives even though properties were lost.
@kenneth ibirebe u r a big fool. Am sure u won't say that abt ur sister.
@kenneth ibirebe u r a big fool. Am sure u won't say that abt ur sister.
He shud b thankful notin happened 2 dem
Nnekw uchu nwanne m
Not good.
This same thing happens every day at mile 2,Oshodi. And suru alaba areas, during d day nd night aswell
Your a big fool
Ode.its only sack that u see in all thr story. What elde can b used in covering the car.oponu
Honestly.u wonder I'd some ppl she actually b alive.wen they com her re to comment rubbish
The ones at mile 2 arrange broken Down or non moving buses at strategic places near d bridge that block the road so that the traffic is worsened, and the they attack constantly. I think d police in that area might b in on it and sharing d cut.
Hope they didn't injured her?
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