Robbers Attack Private Hospital Beats Patients n Dashed ………

Two private hospitals were under attack by robbers in Okitipupa local government area of Ondo state dashed away with large sum of money.

The robbers were said to have stormed the hospitals between 10 and 11.30pm on both days, collected the money from the nurses and others at the hospitals and beat patients who could not provide the money demanded.

According to The Punch, one of the victims, who preferred anonymity, said: “The hoodlums were four in number; masked, and they came to the hospitals on motorcycles. They threatened to shoot anybody who did not cooperate with them, so all of us lied down and allowed them to carry out their operation without any hindrance.

“They asked everybody, including the patients, to bring out money and those who did not have money to give them were seriously beaten. It was very unfortunate. We tried our best to call the police, but we did not succeed because they also collected our phones and other valuables.”

The victims had reportedly reported the case at the police station in the town after the first attack, and they had promised to act but about 24 hours later, another attack was carried out on another hospital in the same town by the same set of people, a situation which sparked outrage.

Femi Joseph, the public relations officer of the state police command, could not be reached as his phone was said to be switched off, but an officer in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who confirmed the incident, informed that the policemen were already on the trail of the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, residents of Ojo and Badagry in Lagos state were recently thrown into a state of panic following a letter reportedly written to them by a dreaded armed robbery gang known as One Million Boys in the area.

PM News reports that the letter was written to the community residents following the arrest of four members of the gang after their recent operation in the area that left many residents injured, and many others losing their valuables to the gang.

The gang reportedly informed the residents of their coming and asked them to keep money for them or be prepared to face their death in their hands, a situation which was discovered to have put many of the residents in panic mode.