A Nigerian man has done what most people won’t in risking his life for the one he loves as he wrestled armed robbers bare handed because they laid hands on his wife.
The victim, Viho Segun took whose wife was beaten to a pulp at their residence in Olodi-Apapa, Lagos last week took to physical combat in order to save her.
Viho while narrating the incident when men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command paraded the arrested robbers said the robbers dispossessed him of his valuables at gun point. He narrated further that he was thereafter led him into his flat aiming to collect some more valuables.
He added that one of the suspects identified as Bashir Wasiu, 22, threatened to kill him in the presence of his children and wife if they fail to produce more valuables. Upon failure to produce more valuables, Bashiru slammed the gun butt on Viho’s head and proceeded to beat up his wife.
Viho said he summoned courage at that point and engaged Bashiru which scared his accomplice away.
“When he started beating my wife, I summoned courage to engage him. As soon as we started fighting, his colleague took to his heels.
“He too tried to run, but I held him, called out to neighbours, seized his gun and just in the nick of time, RRS officers on patrol arrived and they arrested him.”
The arrested suspect said: “we have been monitoring Viho. We know he goes to work early in his car and we decided to ambush him. We were three, Michael and I followed him into his flat to collect more money, while Joseph was monitoring the situation outside.
“The three of us met at a point near boundary in Ajegunle. That is where we plan our operations. We operate early in the morning and late evening” the suspect added.
Tunde Adedeji, 23, one of the arrested suspects also said: “At about 12 midnight on that fateful day, Sadiq, Sule, Ijoba, myself and six others, whose names I don’t know, met and discussed about the robbery.
“I was invited by Sadiq. We met at Ikotun Egbe. We discussed the plan and at around 2a.m., we converged at Ikotun Roundabout.
“The arms we used for the operation were cutlasses, wood and sticks. None of us had a gun. We used legs to break doors and took phones, jewelleries and laptops from our victims. ‘We have a ready buyer’
“All the recovered items in my hand were from the victims. Sule and I were coming from the operation around 4a.m. when a local security man intercepted us.
“He collected Sule’s bag. We ran away just as he was opening the bag. I was later arrested by RRS officials on patrol after seeing the contents of my bag.
“This is my second operation with the team. In June, we also robbed another house in Ikotun. We also took from them phones and money”.
He continued: “We sell our loot to one guy called Tablet. Sule would call him on phone after the operation and we meet him at Olugbede in Egbeda area.”