‘Keep our Xmas gifts’ - Robbers write letter to Lagos residents

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December 7, 2016 3:58 PM

Residents of a Lagos community have been thrown into panic after they received a letter written to them by suspected armed robbers.

Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni

Residents of some communities in Lagos State have been living in fear after they got some anonymous letters purportedly written by suspected

Punch reports that the letter which did not state any date for the impending visit, instructed the residents to prepare to pay season’s dues to them whenever they come calling.

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It was gathered that residents of Joseph Harrison Estate, Yaba area of the state were thrown into a state of panic when they got the letter from the bandits on notifying them of their impending attack to collect their ‘dues’ for the festive season.

It was further learned that the letter was placed on the vehicle of one of the residents and was discovered in the morning when he was about to wash his car.

The letter read in part:

“We are coming this week to collect our dues and to visit you tenants and landlords of Joseph Harrison Street in the week. If you like go and bring police or soldiers, we are coming to perform our duties.

If you cooperate, we will not kill, but if you fail to cooperate, blood will flow.”

A check at the estate revealed that sterner security measures have been put in place to protect lives and properties in the community just as the Chairman, Community Development Association (CDA) in the area, Bolanle Akinyemi, said the estate had enjoyed some peace for a long while as it was protected by guards and the police from Sabo Police Post.

“We are also mindful of the slum that surrounds us and we have been conscious of suspected criminals.

No one has received such letter before, but there was a case in 2013 when a company in the estate was robbed,” Akinyemi said.

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The chairman said they have reported the threat to Sabo Police Division and more guards have been engaged at the estate while concerned residents have urged the State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, to deploy more men to patrol the estate regularly.

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