A commuter identified as Olamide Azeez has narrated how she was beaten and robbed of her life-saving by suspected one-chance robbers.
The victim told The PUNCH that the incident occurred around 6am on Friday, September 29, 2022, around Ikosi, in the Ketu area of Lagos State.
Azeez said she took a Taxi heading for work at Victoria Island from Toll Gate, Ikosi, but unfortunately fell into the trap of the suspects.
She added that the attackers beat her up and stole her ATM card as soon as she got inside the car.
“They made away with my life savings — all N910,000; my iPhone XR, N4,300 cash, earrings, wristwatch, and Oraimo EarPods,” she added.
The cash was taken from point-of-sale terminals between 6.45 and 7 in the morning, according to Azeez, who detailed her trauma on Twitter.
She also gave the registered owner of the PoS’s contact information.
She said, “Those robbers slapped me twice before I gave them my PIN and they put Aboniki (balm) inside my eyes when they dropped me at Marwa Gardens, Alausa, around 7.20am.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that the case was reported at the Alausa and Ikoyi police stations on September 30, 2022.
However, the victim said nothing had been done by the police since she made the report.
“I am traumatised, helpless, and I do not know what to do. Where do I start from? It took me years to save that much, and to see it wiped all at one go! Please come to my aid. Can the names on the PoS be tracked? Can I get my money back? Please help,” she added.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, when contacted, said state laws forbade the police from tracking people’s bank accounts without the consent of their lawyers.
He said, “In this case, the victim should approach her lawyer, who will in turn go to the police for a duplicate of her statement, which the police will readily provide. She will get a court order and from there other necessary steps will be taken. Without these, nothing significant will be done, except visiting the crime scene and other sorts of frontline investigations.”
