By: VITALIS UGOH, Calabar
Angry residents in Calabar capital of Cross River who have been incessantly harassed by dare-devil robbers, burnt to ashes two suspected robbers while five were arrested by the Police.
One of them was burnt along White House Street, while the others were at Abua by Ephraim Street.
Eyewitness account said the suspected robbers numbering over thirty and armed with guns, matchetes, axes and other weapons were walking through the streets in Calabar-South in broad daylight, robbing and harassing residents.
They were however confronted by the police and there was a shootout which resulted in some of them sustaining gunshot wounds. Some still managed to escape with the wound, while five were arrested by the police.
The two that were killed were among those that sustained the bullet wounds and while trying to escape were caught and burnt alive by the people.
A resident who lives along Ekondo street told our Correspondent that “it was like a war zone here, bullets were flying everywhere as the police and cultists engaged each other. From Ekondo Street, Ebuka Street, King Duke Street, Abua Street, Nyong Edem Street, White House Street, up to Mayne Avenue and many others in Calabar South it was a really terrifying experience”.
He added “people were running helter-skelter to protect themselves from stray bullets. It was complete pandemonium. The government should do something to check the activities of these cultists who want to take control of this city”.
One of them was burnt along White House Street, while the others were at Abua by Ephraim Street.
Eyewitness account said the suspected robbers numbering over thirty and armed with guns, matchetes, axes and other weapons were walking through the streets in Calabar-South in broad daylight, robbing and harassing residents.
They were however confronted by the police and there was a shootout which resulted in some of them sustaining gunshot wounds. Some still managed to escape with the wound, while five were arrested by the police.
The two that were killed were among those that sustained the bullet wounds and while trying to escape were caught and burnt alive by the people.
A resident who lives along Ekondo street told our Correspondent that “it was like a war zone here, bullets were flying everywhere as the police and cultists engaged each other. From Ekondo Street, Ebuka Street, King Duke Street, Abua Street, Nyong Edem Street, White House Street, up to Mayne Avenue and many others in Calabar South it was a really terrifying experience”.
He added “people were running helter-skelter to protect themselves from stray bullets. It was complete pandemonium. The government should do something to check the activities of these cultists who want to take control of this city”.
