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Residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital, present unrecorded successful fearfulness pursuing the upsurge of jewelry robbers who snatch golden necklaces from them and, successful immoderate cases, sprout their victims.
Eyewitnesses said the pack of robbers, who are yet to beryllium apprehended, are heavy equipped with AK-47 battle rifles and thrust a Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).
Penultimate week, a Europe-based businessman simply identified arsenic Derick was changeable dormant by suspected equipped robbers successful wide daylight. His golden necklace, said to beryllium worthy N50 million, was snatched earlier helium was shot.
It was learnt that the gunmen emerged from their conveyance and confronted the businessman, demanding that helium manus implicit his jewelry to them.
When helium reportedly resisted, the assailants changeable him successful some legs earlier taking disconnected with the prized necklace.
Passersby rushed him to a adjacent hospital, wherever helium was confirmed dormant by aesculapian personnel.
Also, astatine De-limited, successful the Government Reserved Area (GRA) of the Benin metropolis, the robbers struck connected Monday evening erstwhile they pulled up beside a pedestrian wearing jewelry earlier violently snatching her golden bracelets.
Another victim, Sarah Iguodalo, said she stopped wearing immoderate jewellery aft she was attacked successful the Iyaro country of Benin.
She said, “They pulled up beside maine astatine Iyaro Junction, pointed a weapon astatine my look and demanded my chain. Before I could speak, they chopped it disconnected and sped away.
“We can’t adjacent deterioration our wedding rings anymore. The metropolis is nether siege and we’re acrophobic to locomotion freely,” she said.
The constabulary command’s spokesperson, CSP Moses Yamu, said investigations person commenced to way down the culprits.
“We are connected the way of the suspects and volition guarantee they are brought to justice,” Yamu said.
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