Businessman Mohammed Abdullahi has accused the Zone 2 Command and Lagos State Police Command of mishandling a robbery case that resulted in the loss of his car, money, and valuables totaling N21 million.
The incident occurred when armed criminals raided his residence in Awoyaya, Ibeju Lekki, along with his neighbors.
According to PUNCH Metro, Abdullahi, a realtor, expressed frustration on X.com in May and June 2024, detailing how despite providing substantial evidence, the police failed to apprehend the suspects responsible for the robbery.
In one of his online posts, Abdullahi pleaded for public assistance, stating, “Please Nigerians, help me share this video. These are the guys that robbed me and the police are not ready to do anything about my case.”
During a recent interview with our correspondent, Abdullahi recounted the harrowing experience when three of the five robbers forcibly entered his apartment, assaulting him and his friend Juliet at gunpoint around 1 am. The robbers proceeded to ransack his home along with other units in the building, where they reportedly confined residents, including Abdullahi and Juliet, before fleeing the scene.
Abdullahi emphasized that the robbers’ faces were identifiable during the incident, yet the police response has left him disillusioned and without justice.
Abdullahi said, “They were five in number but only three entered my apartment while the remaining were outside monitoring. They were armed with guns and knives. While in my flat, one of them cocked the gun and demanded my car key, which I gave him.
“They also searched my house and saw a bag containing my passport with a valid visa, driving licence, and dollars that I wanted to use to purchase goods for my real estate business as I was to travel to Turkey in January 2023.
“They also stole my clothes, shoes, laptop, token, ATM card, gold, phone and some other documents for my business. They broke the door of my flat and gained entry, proceeded to my room and knocked down the door. The building is a combination of 20-unit flats and the armed robbers robbed nine residents, including me, on that day.”
During the operation, Abdullahi said one of his neighbours informed the landlady, who notified the police in Area J Command, adding that despite their intervention, no meaningful progress had been made to track down the suspects.
He said, “The armed robbers operated from 1 am to 3 am, locked all of us who were robbed inside the toilet or kitchen and left. It was after they left that the police came and opened the toilet and kitchen doors to set us free. We were later invited to the police station where we wrote statements.
“When we got home, we realised that some of the suspects were using some of the stolen phones to access the UBER app on one of the phones to book a ride and snap pictures using the Snapchat handle of one of my neighbours. They had access to the phone because when they stole it, they collected the password to unlock it and we monitored the social media handle using another phone.
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