ROBBERS invaded the Mustapha Ojora Cresent, Oriade Local Council Development Area (LCDA) home of a Lagos politician, Hon Mustapha Ojora, last Saturday night. They carted away property worth millions of naira.
Ojora was said to be away during the incident. The robbers, NE learnt, broke into his apartment through the roof and windows.
Ojora and other members of his household were still in shock when repoters visited the house yesterday. Sympathisers, who were conducted round the house, also expressed dismay at the level of looting and damage done to the property.
The politician said: “I travelled in the evening last Friday without an inkling that they were planning to invade my house. When I returned, I couldn’t recognise my house again. The burglars had gone away with everything I laboured for.
“They removed the asbestos and broke the ceilings. The burglary proof securing the windows were cut to pieces and, uninterruptedly, they made away with my hard-earned valuables.”
Ojora was grateful to God for protecting his wife. “I thank God that they didn’t see my wife where she was hiding. She was the only one at home. You can imagine what could have happened if they had caught her because she told me that those boys were more than 10, looking dreadful and heavily armed,” Ojora said.
Still shell-shocked, his wife, Alhaja Kudirat, who reportedly came out of her hiding around 4.00am, long after the robbers had completed their operation, said: “It will be hard for me to forget the nightmare so soon because it was the second time my family and I would be victims of armed robbery in this house.
The robbers were holding big and small guns; some with machetes. They spent more than two hours. They came between 12:30 and 1am and carted away all our valuables – furniture and fittings, electronics, including air-conditioners, refrigerators, flat-screen television sets, deep-freezers, laptops, mobile phone sets, expensive jewelry and clothes.”
“They must have come with a big lorry because they also took away everything I had in my shop,” she added.
While sympathisers who spoke with our correspondent condemned the incident, they ascribed it to the level of insecurity in the area. Some suspected a notorious group that had been terrorising the area.
“Most insecurity challenges faced by residents in this community have been orchestrated by the leader of a group, who had been arrogating the leadership of the community to himself, claiming authority over communal issues and residential matters. This has been the cause of the unrest that dwellers experience here,” a sympathiser, who simply identified herself as Mama Mufu, said.
Some of the shops around Ojora’s compound were also attacked and looted. One hair stylist, whose shop was also looted, was in tears.
”A week ago, they had warned all shop owners not to open at the weekend without giving any reason. Nobody really understood their intention until they came on Saturday night. They used a ladder to get to the roof of the shops and from there, gained entrance to Hon Ojora’s premises. They didn’t spare any of the shops owned by Hon Ojora and others around. We want our government to see to this,” she said. Ojora, who is the Supervisor for Health at the LCDA, said the matter had been reported to the police, adding that the police were already on top of the situation. He expressed the hope that the perpetrators would soon be caught and brought to justice.
“I immediately reported the robbery to the police. They have since swung into action. I learnt that some have been arrested while others are still on the run,” he said.
A police source in the area confirmed to The Nation that efforts were being intensified to bring the perpetrators to book and to also strengthen security of lives and property in the community. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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