Plying the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway at night is like walking through the valley of the shadow of
death. A lot of people have been attacked on the long bridge along the
expressway by hoodlums many people believed to be herdsmen residing in
Kara area, at the Ogun State end of the bridge.
On July 6, Brig. Gen.
Sylvester Iruh (retd.) was stabbed to death by some hoodlums who swooped
on him and others when they attempted to change a flat tyre on the
bridge around 6:30pm.
Penultimate Sunday in the
same area, some passengers travelling in a 14-seater bus from Ile-Ife,
Osun State, were attacked when their bus broke down on the bridge around
7:30pm.
One of the victims is a
pharmacist with one of the Federal Medical Centres in the northern part
of the country. The pharmacist, who was on official duty at FMC, Lagos,
did not want his identity to be revealed for security reasons.
He said as soon as the
passengers alighted from the bus, some men numbering about 10 emerged
from the bush near the bridge and swooped on them.
The victim said,
“Immediately, all passengers took to their heels and ran in different
directions. But unfortunately I could not run because I have a health
challenge. They concentrated on me and beat me thoroughly.
“They robbed me of all my
belongings, including valuable documents. Thereafter, they stabbed me
and I was bleeding profusely. After they left me, I walked to a filling
station on the expressway where I met some riot policemen guarding the
station.
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