Crime
Woman narrates how she was robbed in Lagos traffic in broad daylight (photos)
A Lagos-based radiologist has lamented the high level of apathy and lack of human feeling in Lagos.
The woman, identified as Olufunmilola James took to Twitter on Tuesday to narrate how she found out the hard way that Lagosians are no longer neighbourly.
With Twitter handle @funmijames, the woman narrated how she was attacked by an armed robber in broad daylight while wading through the Lagos Island morning traffic.
She narrated: “I got robbed this morning at 7am just after the Chevron toll gate heading towards the Chevron roundabout. No I didn’t have anything in my car, my laptop and hand bag were in the trunk. My phone underneath the seat.
“A guy walked up to my car, smashed the window on my side and stuck a knife in my face asking for my phone et al. it was bright, there was traffic, people were in their cars no one bated an eyelid. Everyone looked away.”
She said she was not looking for someone to be a hero, but she knew if people just came down, the assailant will flee.
“There is safety in numbers,” she said.
Thanks to her husband who saw the incident from a few cars a way who intervened to chase the assailant away and help her.
See photos of the aftermath of the attack and her tweets below.
1. @Gidi_Traffic i got robbed this morning at 7am just after the Chevron toll gate heading towards the Chevron roundabout.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
2. @Gidi_Traffic no I didn’t have anything in my car, my laptop and hand bag were in the trunk. My phone underneath the seat.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
3. @Gidi_Traffic a guy walked up to my car, smashed the window on my side and stuck a knife in my face asking for my phone et al
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
4. @Gidi_Traffic it was bright, there was traffic, people were in their cars no one bated an eyelid. Everyone looked away.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
5.@Gidi_Traffic I fought the guy, I think that surprised him most of all. I fit the typical demographic for this pattern of attack.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
6. @Gidi_Traffic but he was not expecting resistance. I was more angry than scared. Bad enough I am in traffic then u try to rob me….
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
7. @Gidi_Traffic only one person came down to help me. And that was because it was my husband who was 2 cars behind me.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
9. @Gidi_Traffic when did we as people get to the place where we refuse to lend a helping hand to someone in need?
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
10. @Gidi_Traffic I am not saying come and fight the guy off. But if 2 people had gotten down from their cars, the guy would have given up.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
11. @Gidi_Traffic it is this apathy that makes these touts able to rob with impunity in broad daylight. No one bothers to help,l
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
12. @Gidi_Traffic if we don’t help each other out, next time it could be a wife, sister, daughter or friend in the situation I was in today
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
13. @Gidi_Traffic I was bloody, bruised yet people just drove around my car to move on. I’m not askin anyone to be a hero but don’t stand by
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
14. @Gidi_Traffic we say there’s safety in numbers. I was in traffic with cars all around, 7am. Yet I could have been alone at that spot.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
15. @Gidi_Traffic all it would have taken was 2 maybe 3 people raisin an alarm, getting down from their cars. That tout would have run off.
— Olufunmilola (@funmijames) October 18, 2016
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