‘The Police is your friend’ is a favourite slogan of the Nigerian Police, but a family might not think so after the Delta State Police reportedly told victims of a robbery incident that their plight was none of their business.
According to a member of the family, Rexbtony Okoroatsegor, hoodlums invaded his mother’s residence in Sapele Area of Delta State and shot his mother, stepfather, and brother.
During the operation, his younger brother escaped and ran to the nearest police station to report and ask for help but to his surprise, the policeman reportedly turned him down, saying it’s not their business.
Okoroatsegor who shared photos of the incident and the extent of damage done to the house said the policemen told his brother to go to another station to report.
The incident reportedly happened in Sapele, Delta State, on 25th of March 2018.
Thanking God for sparing the life of his family he recounted the experience on his Facebook page.
Okoroatsegor wrote,
“Hoodlums came to my mum’s Residence destroy properties shot and injured my mum and her Husband as well as my Brother.
“This happened in Sapele Delta state Nigeria on the 25th of March 2018 they operated for close to 3hours without a response from police or vigilantes from 12:00 AM to 3:30 AM.
“They came with guns cutlasses and iron cutter which they used on the burglary proof. What gave them tough time was the iron door else they would have wreck more havoc and they made away with some money and valuables destroying our vehicle.
“But while leaving they left behind a cut to sized gun which obviously fell when they were running out of the compound.
“Funny enough My younger one a Boy was able to sneak out to call neighbors but nobody came out he further ran to Ghana road Police station in Sapele which was the closest to us at Anigboro Rd around Owumi/abeke and they said its not their Business( in their words they said: e no concern us) asking him my younger one to go to the main Police station after stadium far off.
“Its poor the state of Nigeria with no security and from what I heard its becoming a normal thing in Sapele as people are be robbed on a daily basis.
“Advice please don’t rely on fancy doors use those iron doors constructed by welders it helps cos if it was to be the fancy one it wont take time to break in. I thank God for Life as my mum survived the gunshot at her.”
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