The Deputy President, Nigerian Guild of Editors Suleiman Uba Gaya, was on Saturday night robbed in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal capital.
Uba-Gaya who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday said the incident occurred at 8.30 pm while he was driving with his wife and daughter along the Gwarinpa bypass in Abuja.
He said “we were attacked by armed robbers and stripped of our possessions, including cellphones, etc. The armed robbers then disappeared through a dark alley, warning to return and get me killed if I raise any alarm.
Continuing, he said, “I offered no resistance to the gun toting young men. And God so kind, none of us was injured. This was witnessed by tens of other motorists, none of whom stopped to render any help.
“After a lot of effort, a taxi driver summoned the courage to stop and help us. As he was driving us to the Gwarinpa Division of the Nigeria Police Force, we saw a patrol vehicle, and the policemen promptly followed us to scene of the crime, where my car was still parked. All efforts by the police personnel to trace the armed robbers proved abortive.
The Deputy President of NGE in his statement saluted “the two personnel of the Nigerian police, namely Inspector Takai and Sergeant Kanu Ajah, for their prompt response, and more so for their refusal to take any money from me when they escorted me and my family home.
“I also urge the commissioner of police of the FCT to do something about that bypass, which is fat becoming notorious for armed robbery within the FCT,” Uba Gaya said.
