Woman Kills Robber Who Attacked Her Home In Lagos

A middle-aged woman is currently recuperating in a Lagos
hospital, after robbers stormed her rented apartment on the Lagos Island,
during which she stabbed one of the assailants to death.

Punch Metro learnt that the woman, identified simply as
Adenike, and her family were attacked on Tuesday at about 2am on Eyin Iga
Street. Punch correspondent gathered that the robbers, who were armed with
knives and cutlasses, reportedly gained entrance into the house after damaging
the gates.

It was learnt that when the robbers got to Adenike’s
apartment, there was a struggle during which one of the robbers, identified as
Quadri Iginla, cut her with a knife. Adenike was said to have wrenched the
knife from Iginla, and stabbed him in the stomach. The robbery suspect
reportedly lost balance and fell off from the two-storey building.

Neighbours, who learnt of the robbery, were said to have
alerted the police from the Adeniji Adele Division. The other suspected robbers
reportedly escaped after the police got to the area.

The policemen were said to have rushed Iginla, who was
unconscious, to the Lagos Island General Hospital, while Adenike was also taken
by her family to a private hospital.

When our correspondent got to the area on Thursday, it was
learnt that Iginla died in the hospital.

Speaking with Punch Metro, Adenike’s husband, who declined
to give his name, said the robbers injured his wife in the hand with a knife,
adding that there was a struggle during which Iginla was pushed off the
building.

He said, “We cannot confirm the number of the robbers. They
entered my apartment at about 2am. One of them injured my wife in the hand and
there was a struggle. As this went on, other people called the police and a
patrol van was sent to our street.

“The robbers quickly fled from the house. One of them, who
had sustained a knife injury, fell off the staircases. The policemen took him
to a hospital for treatment.”

A police source told our correspondent that Iginla was not
attended to at the general hospital for lack of a vacant bed. He added that the
robbery suspect died at a health center on the Adeniji Adele Road.

He said, “The police patrol team responded to a distress
call on the street at about 2.30am. A male robbery suspect, Iginla, was found
injured. The suspect and others, who are still at large, allegedly entered
Adenike’s room. While making away with possessions, the woman overpowered one
of them, and stabbed him in the stomach.

“She was also injured in the hand. During the struggle,
others escaped, but the robber fell off the building. The police took the
suspect and the victim to the hospital.”

A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our
correspondent that Iginla’s girlfriend showed up at the police station, and
wanted to know where he was being treated.

He said, “No one in the area knew the identity of the
injured robber. His girlfriend showed up at the station, and was asking the
police to let her stay with him, but they did not allow her.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Patricia Amadin, confirmed the incident. She added that the command was on the
trail of other members of the gang.