Crime
Armed robbers shoot driver, r£pe female passenger on Osun highway
Armed robbers attacked two vehicles travelling along Ife/Osu highway in Osun State, shot a driver and r@ped a female passenger.
A passenger in one of the two vehicles involved, who spoke to Punch on Thursday, September 5, 2024, said the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday between Ife and Osu community in Osun State.
According to him, the robbers numbering about eight had stopped a commercial bus coming from Lagos and a private car. They ordered the passengers to disembark and collected various sums of money from them.
“The robbers attacked two vehicles. A bus and one private car. I was travelling on the bus. Both vehicles were coming from Lagos. We were out of Ife but yet to reach Osu community, when our vehicles were stopped by the robbers. They were about eight in number and they carried guns,” the source narrated.
“The driver of the bus was shot, but he didn’t d!e. He was injured. One of the passengers in the car, a woman was raped. They collected the money we had and our ATM cards. They made us transfer various amounts into their account. They later handed our cards to one of the gang members
“But some passengers fled into the bush while all that was going on. They told us they told some people they saw as they were wandering in the area that robbers were operating nearby and security men were mobilised to the area.
“A few minutes after the robbers left us, I saw policemen, vigilante members, and some men wearing the uniform of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, arriving and they began to comb the area. They arrested one of the robbers. The security men took the suspect arrested away.”
The acting PPRO of the State Police Command, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, confirmed the incident, adding that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the crime.
“The incident happened. I got a briefing about it not long ago and we were able to apprehend one suspect. He is helping our investigation,” Giwa-Alade said.
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