Robbers Attack UI Female Hostel, Cart Away With Students Phones, Laptops, Others

Robbers armed with matchetes and other dangerous weapons invaded
the female block of the Abdusalami Abubakar Postgraduate Hall,
University of Ibadan in the early hours of today Sunday August 11th,
carting away belongings of the female students.

A student residing in the hostel said the robbers arrived the hostel
at about 2am and began operating after tying up the security guards.
They gained access, broke down the doors and demanded for money, phones,
laptops and other personal belongings. 

They came in around 2 am. They were about seven. They were paired in
twos, moving from a room to another, collecting people’s phones and
laptops. They knew about this hostel, and they were so comfortable. They
had time to operate.

“They tied up our security man. One of the two males who were alarmed
and decided to come from their block to see the situation was macheted
on the head and the other received a cut on his hand.” a female resident
said

Another student said

“They had a struggle entering into the hostel because the security in
New Hall is actually tight. The bang we heard when the door was axed
down already told us that something was coming for us. But we didnt know
what it was and we were wondering where the securities and potters were
at this time.

“On the ground floor where I stay only two rooms were not affected,
the rest were. I don’t know what happened on the first floor, but so
far, I’ve heard that three rooms were affected.”

This is the second attack on a hall of residence on the campus in
recent times, with the first being the robbery incident at the Obafemi
Awolowo Hall some weeks back.

The school authority is yet to react to this incident. 

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