Trader Survives Boko Haram, Loses Life To Armed Robbers

A 24-year-old trader, Chinedu Eneje, who
fled from the Northernpart of the country in
order to save his life from the onslaught of
the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, has,
unfortunately, been killed by armed
robbers.
He was killed a few days after returning to
the warm embrace of members of his
family by bandits who laid siege to the
Adani/Nsukka Expressway in Enugu State.
*.How the robbers attacked
Narrating how the latest incident took place,
the driver of the commuter bus, who gave
his nameas Ifeanyi Ogba, told Crime Guard
that the attack was his third experience
along the road, adding that the robbers
blocked the road along a sharp bend near
Ikwuoka, emerged from the bush, ordered
everybody to lie flat on the ground and
robbed them one after the other. They also
took their luggageand dashed into the bush.
“The robbers fired their guns immediately
we were stopped, shot me in my left hand
while a stray bullet pierced and killed the
passenger seated beside me in front of the
bus. He died before we could reach Bishop
Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka where his
corpse was deposited,” he recounted.
Investigations revealed that armed robbers
carry out incessant raids on the
expressway. It was gathered that during
such raids, they rape, maim and harass
passengers and inhabitants of the area
without checks by either the local vigilante
or Adani Police Division that normally claim
they were on top of the situation each time
there was a robbery incident along the
road.
The development has raised tension in the
area. Just a week before the killing of the
young man, a commuter bus conveying
passengers from Adani to Nsukka was
attacked and one of the passengers on
board was shot dead while the driver
sustained gunshot injuries on the left hand.