Some rampaging
armed hoodlums in Asaba and its environs in Delta State in the early hoursof
yesterday attacked corps members in their private residence behind Mao Mau
Hostels, off Ibori Gold Course road, Awai Asaba Quarters.
The notorious
hoodlums allegedly r*ped two of the female corps members before carting away
their valuables, including money.
A neighbour in
the compound, Kate Okafor said the armed guys jumped into the premises through
the fence and made straight to the corps members’ apartment who unsuspectingly
were operating their small generating set during the period.
It was
gathered that the guys intercepted the generator’s power supply and the corps
members wanted to know what wen were responsible; unfortunatet wrong.
Adachukwu
(surname withheld) who opened the door was at gun point pushed to the ground
and in a “Commando-like style” was ordered into the room where the bad guys
ransacked their property and allegedly pummeled them.
The two
victims, Adachukwu and Chioma (surname withheld) are graduates of Abia State
Polytechnic, posted to Asaba for their youth service.
While the
operation lasted, other occupants of the compound including three other corps
members were allegedly subjected to facing the ground at gun point and were
also ordered to surrender their valuables to the hoodlums.
One of the
male occupants, Simon (surname withheld) said he escaped and invited the police
through his phone, adding that it was the first ever attack on them in the
compound since he moved to the house about a year ago.
The ladies,
Adachukwu and Chioma, said: “we were r*ped by the hoodlums after they gained
entrance to our room when I tried to know what was wrong with our generating
set, they took away our phones, TV Plasma, and Cash of N12, 000”.
Police say
they are on top of the situation, promising the get the fleeing armed hoodlums.
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