Monday was a bad one for a Lags resident, who was trapped by commuter robbers popularly called one-chance.
According to an account by a friend, it was a repeat of agony for the man as he had also fallen victim last year.
The friend narrated the incident in a Facebook post:
One chance robbers of Egbeda
For a second time in a year, a family friend was robbed in Egbeda about 4:30 am today, while on a short commute from his house to the bus stop where he catches the office bus.
He boarded a yellow bus and was beaten within an inch of his life by the bad boys. He met some women in the bus when he boarded, but it appeared those ones too were victims coerced to stay in the bus to lure more hapless passengers. They didn’t utter a word and looked terrified according to our friend.
The robbers collected the cash on him and demanded his ATM cards. He told them he had none. Since his terrible experience in the hands of ‘one chance’ robbers on the same route last year when his ATM cards were collected and the money in his accounts were transferred, he formed the habit of leaving his ATM cards at the office and deleting all bank transactions on his phone as soon as they arrive.
They collected his phone and checked for transactions. They didn’t see any. They subsequently gave him back his phone and threw him out. He is currently in a hospital for treatment.
It’s getting critical for our dear country. Fulani herders kidnap those travelling. One chance robbers wait for those going to their offices. Do we still have a government?”
