Red-light news hitting the citizens, reports coming from one of the victims, on Saturday night 27th of August 2022, a group of Armed robbers, about 20 in number attacked the society along the Kuje road axis from Car wash behind GSSS to Labour house along Kuje road, Gwagwalada burgling several homes carting away with Plasma TVs, phones, leaving some of the victims with with severe wounds as some gallant residents tried retaliating and in the process of defending themselves for seriously injured.
The incident happened between the hours of 11 p.m midnight to to 3 a.m at dawn before daylight.
The event seemed to have been pre-planned as they raided for three hours successfully before a group of Gallant Army Soldiers came in response and the Nigerian Police force came in about 5 minutes later looking of for the trails of the hoodlums and started investigating the robbery attack.
Reporting on the robbery scene one resilient husband and father Saidu, popular known as Coachie: narrated how his house was knocked down by one of the robbers and how he went for his kitchen knife in defense of his household to ward of the robber engaging in a deadly battle in the moment sustained minor injuries in his heroic defense as the whole neighborhood echoed a distress alarm “Thief oo Thief oo…” before the robbers fled and carted away with their loots.
As at this morning, many victims from the horrific event of last night are gone in their numbers to the Gwagwalada Area Divisional Police, reporting the incident seeking for any form of assistance they can get from the government.