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Robbers Drown Inside Canal While Escaping With N13,000 (Graphic Pic) (51913 Views)

Islie: 7:31am On Sep 30, 2015

Two robbery suspects have drowned inside a canal in the Ojota area of Lagos while they were escaping with a mobile phone and N13,000, snatched from their victim.

Our correspondent gathered that the deceased were part of a five-man gang, which had unleashed terror on the Olusosun, Ojota, area, before attacking the male victim, whose name had yet to be given, at about 8pm around the Olusosun dump.

It was learnt that a local vigilance group, however, apprehended two of the gang, and handed them over to the Alausa Police Division, while three of the robbers escaped.

Our correspondent learnt that on Saturday, two corpses, suspected to be the fleeing robbers, were, however, found trapped inside the Olusosun canal around the dump.

When our correspondent visited the area, a construction worker, who gave his name as Saliu Ahmed, said officers of the Neighbourhood Watch gave the robbers a chase before two of them slipped into the canal.

He said, “It was a about 8pm on Thursday. I knew when officers of the Neighbourhood Watch at the Olusosun dump, gave the robbers a chase. They later got two of them and took them to the police at Alausa.

“The robbers had stolen one Nokia mobile phone and the sum of N13,000 from their victim around the dump. Three of the gang escaped that evening. It was then surprising that on Saturday, at about 12pm, the alarm was raised that two bodies were trapped in the canal.

“When the officers came to examine them, it was discovered that the victims were two of the fleeing robbers who slipped and died in the canal. It was the police who later came to remove the corpses.”

Our correspondent learnt that the bodies had been deposited at a public morgue for autopsy.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, had yet to reply to a text message sent to his phone on the incident.

http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/robbers-drown-inside-canal-while-escaping-with-n13000/

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buygala(m): 7:33am On Sep 30, 2015

Please someone should explain to me some unclear matters in this thread sad

If the men died in the canal on Thursday and were discovered on Saturday, then why are their bodies so neat and not bloated?

..Rigor mortis and bloating sets in real fast when someone dies in such watery circumstances sad

.... see how neat the clothes on one of the corpses are... even the white in his faded jean is still shining sad

Secondly, how were the armed robbers identified even as they were being pursued around 8pm, a time which entails highly reduced recognition possibilities even with streetlights.... Unless the robbers took pishures with the police or vigilante before escaping, what criteria did the police use in concluding that the corpses were the armed robbers of Thursday night?

Thirdly, if the corpses are still 'suspects', why give the dead bodies a bad name, parading them online as armed robbers?

My point is, I don't believe this story one bit undecided

.... If a story can't be properly reported, it shouldn't be reported at all undecided

....Both the Nigerian
Police and Punch newspapers need some lessons in proper propaganda dissemination sad

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legendboy(m): 7:33am On Sep 30, 2015

What is 13000 to compare to life. Rip

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agarawu23(m): 7:34am On Sep 30, 2015

13k

Owu na bastardd angry

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LastSurvivor: 7:35am On Sep 30, 2015

Just phones n 13k!! even devil will be ashamed of them..
Should I say RIP?

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GboyegaD(m): 7:36am On Sep 30, 2015

May thwir souls rest in perfect peace. They aren't confirmed they are part of the gang yet so we should watch our comments.

adioolayi(m): 7:39am On Sep 30, 2015

When there is Divine Judgement

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MosakuAW(m): 7:40am On Sep 30, 2015

Just because of little change of N13,000 and phone they will only be to sell for few change in computer village, they wasted their life.

They could have ask Bukola Saraki, how he made billions without been chased rather than going for smaller change.

Big thieves go dey shout "modupe" Small thieves go dey shout ........

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nikkiking(m): 7:55am On Sep 30, 2015

May their souls rest in pieces undecided

Exponental(m): 8:04am On Sep 30, 2015

1000 ways to die will tag this: escaping to die

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Re: Robbers Drown Inside Canal While Escaping With N13,000 (Graphic Pic) by Nobody: 8:06am On Sep 30, 2015

Bad boys! Should I say RIP? May their families accept my sympathy.

ijustdey: 8:09am On Sep 30, 2015

just 13,000

poor mentality,

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Dronedude(m): 8:14am On Sep 30, 2015

Karma is a....