There has been a spike in traffic robbery on Lagos roads since the easing of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. OLUWATOSIN OMOJUYIGBE reports on how miscreants have seized every avai...
There has been a spike in traffic robbery on Lagos roads since the easing of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. OLUWATOSIN OMOJUYIGBE reports on how miscreants have seized every available opportunity to dispossess commuters of their belongings
She narrated, “As I covered the space between my vehicle and the next vehicle, I saw an opening on my right and I drove into the space and immediately, I saw some guys again surrounding my car and threatening that they were going to break my glass. I got angry and asked what they wanted. “My friend had wound up the side glass and we tried to move away but got stuck in the traffic. One of the urchins smashed the window glass of the side I was sitting with his machete and asked, ‘Where is the money? Bring the money’! With the glass that shielded me now shattered, I was at his mercy and defenceless as he dangled the knife in my face.
Our correspondent gathered that since life gradually returned to the metropolis, traffic robberies had become the new normal in the state. Sometimes, the hoodlums inflict injuries on their victims, who are hesitant in yielding to their demands. “We have 24-hour patrol going on in the state; we have our motorbikes and traffic robbery teams patrolling the state; our teams are all over the state to ensure the safety of residents.”Some security experts have blamed the increase in traffic robberies after the lockdown on hunger, saying many Lagos residents have lost their means of livelihood following the economic problems that accompanied the coronavirus pandemic.
“There is a combination of negative economic factors driving a lot of young people into desperation, which leads them to the point of robbery. Poor law enforcement strategies and the inability of the police to study crime trends have also aided the activities of these criminals.
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