A middle-aged woman is
currently recuperating in a Lagos hospital, after robbers stormed her rented
apartment on the Lagos Island, during which she stabbed one of the assailants
to death.
Punch learnt that the woman,
identified simply as Adenike, and her family were attacked on Tuesday at about
2am on Eyin Iga Street.
Punch gathered that the
robbers, who were armed with knives and cutlasses, reportedly gained entrance
into the house after damaging the gates.
It was learnt that when
the robbers got to Adenike’s apartment, there was a struggle during which one
of the robbers, identified as Quadri Iginla, cut her with a knife.
Adenike was said to
have wrenched the knife from Iginla, and stabbed him in the stomach.
The robbery suspect
reportedly lost balance and fell off from the two-storey building.
Neighbours, who learnt
of the robbery, were said to have alerted the police from the Adeniji Adele
Division.
The other suspected
robbers reportedly escaped after the police got to the area.
The policemen were said
to have rushed Iginla, who was unconscious, to the Lagos Island General
Hospital, while Adenike was also taken by her family to a private hospital.
When Punch got to the
area on Thursday, it was learnt that Iginla died in the hospital.
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the incident. She
added that the command was on the trail of other members of the gang.
She said, “The team of
policemen was led by the Divisional Police Officer, and the robbery suspect was
found unconscious, having fallen from the two-storey building.
“He was rushed to a
hospital where he later died. The corpse has been deposited in a morgue for
autopsy. Investigation continues as the command is on the trail of the fleeing
gang members.”
- Punch
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