A suspected robber, Quadri Adisa,
escaped death in Bariga at the early hours of Sunday after terrified
residents mustered courage to overpower a four-man gang terrorising
Olowu and Omigbe streets in Bariga.
Adisa was said to have been rescued by an anti robbery team attached to the Bariga police division and subsequently arrested.
A labourer at a sawmill in Oyingbo,
Adisa had, in company with three others, successfully robbed all the
occupants of No 37 Olowu street before proceeding to No 26 Omigbe street
where a welder also fell victim.
A resident, who identified himself as
Popoola, said, “They had already robbed some people at Olowu street
before they came here. Unfortunately for them, other tenants in the same
building, who heard them while they were beating the welder with their
guns, raised the alarm and other residents on the street came out in
large numbers to stop the robbers.
“Three of them were able to escape but
Adisa was caught and severely beaten with machetes. In fact, the
residents were getting ready to set him ablaze when the police arrived
and took him away.”
The other robbers who escaped have been
identified by their victims as Otaro, Taiye and Semiu, known as touts
who hang around motor parks and other dark spots in Bariga.
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