An innocent man has suffered a cruel fate in the hands of armed robbers
who attacked and cut off him hand for not having money at home.
The dare-devil robbers vented their anger on him by shooting at his hands
and it fell off after they were unable to get any money from her.
“So you don’t have anything and you are showing off. You suffered us all
this while we trailed you only to find nothing in your house,” the robbers
angrily said while attacking him.
The incident happened at Victory Estate in Ejigbo, Lagos where the victim
resides with his family. The victim identified as Cyril (surname withheld) went
to a vigil and was returning in the early morning, unknown to him the robbers
were trailing him to his house.
As he entered the compound, he was accosted and taken to his flat where
they searched everywhere in the rooms and they did not find any useful thing to
steal.
According to the victim, he pleaded to them that he was facing financial
challenge and had been praying for turn around for the better.
In anger, one of
the robbers pointed a gun at him and shot at his hand which fell off. They told
him that was his punishment for not keeping anything in the house before they
left him in pool of blood.
As the victim bled profusely, he was rushed to Lagos University Teaching
Hospital, where doctors battled to save his life.
The matter was reported to police. The incident has thrown residents into
panic, especially this new antic of the robbers in the area to inflict such
inhuman treatment on their victims.
Residents who spoke to PM Express, said robbers have taken over Ejigbo
and its environs lately, and the police seem not to have any solution on how to
protect their lives and properties.
A police source said the police have commenced investigation on how to
arrest those bandits.
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