2 Female Robbers Lynched In Aba

Two female members of a robbery
gang that had been terrorizing
Iheorji axis of Aba in Abia State area
have been lynched . It was gathered
that angry residents of the area, last
weekend, killed the two girls, whose
robbery gang had been giving them
sleepless nights. Sources told Daily
Sun that two young women came in
company with their male
counterparts to rob that night, but
unknown to them, youths of the area
and the private security guards had
laid ambush for them.
When the youths attacked them as
they approached, the male gang
members were said to have escaped
leaving the two girls behind and they
were lynched immediately.
Daily Sun checks revealed that
armed robberies in the area had
gone unchallenged due to poor road
network that made it difficult for
security personnel to access the
place.
Due to the menace, residents of the
area now live in fear and many of
them have been forced to pass some
nights inside the bush.
According to a resident, who would
not want his name in print, for fear
of attacks, no night passed without
armed robbers operating in the area
for at times, up to three hours
unchallenged.
He recalled that in the early hours of
Wednesday, last week, motorcycles
as usual, invaded the area, broke
into a building and shot
sporadically, wounding a 15-year-
old-boy in the process.
They were said to have robbed the
occupants of the house and the
neighbours of cash and other
valuable items.
“The armed robbers operated for
over three hours unchallenged and
because of the gunshots we heard,
we ran into the nearby bush where
we stayed till morning and this has
continued,” he said.
The following day, the robbers
struck again and attacked a building
not far from that of the previous
night’s operation and wounded a
teacher on the leg and he has been
hospitalised.
“For over three weeks, we have not
been sleeping in our houses
because the robbers now come on
daily basis and nobody is
challenging them. We, on our own
arranged for private security guards
who we pay monthly, but the
robbers overpowered them because
of their superior fire power.”
The residents therefore, appealed to
the state government to do
something urgently to save residents
of the area from the constant attacks
of the armed robbers.
A senior police officer, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity
queried, “How do you expect us to
go into such area to checkmate the
activities of criminals especially at
night when none of the roads in the
place you have mentioned, is
motorable.”
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