Residents of Aba, Abia State, Friday, lamented over the resurgence of armed robbery and pick-pocketing in some parts of the city, as robbers now waylay traders and workers between 5am. to 6am. around Ngwa, St. Michaels, Azikiwe roads and York Street.
According to reports, a cross section of traders at the market have continued to record early morning robbery incidents since some drug dealers were sacked from their former abode at York Street, calling on the police to beef up security in the area.
One Christiana Peter, a trader at the ‘Good Morning Market’ at Ngwa road, disclosed that she was robbed of N7, 000 when she went to buy goods from the market.
Likewise, a staff of a transport company, who identified herself as Mrs. Pearl Ikechukwu, said she lost over N20, 000 to the robbers at the York Street by Park road junction as she alighted from a bus at about 5.30am when three men approached her and pointed a gun at her.
She said: “On my way back from work, I withdrew N20, 000 to pay a debt at the office the next day because my friend was travelling by 7am. When I alighted from a bus that I took from Ogbor Hill to Park road at about 5.30am., three young men stopped and pointed a gun at me. Before I knew what was happening, they collected my hand-bag containing the money. I couldn’t shout because there was nobody to help.”
Vanguard reports that all efforts to get the reaction of the spokesman of the Abia Police Command, Ezekiel Onyeke, failed.
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