Robber falls into well after raiding student hostel
Story from Uji A. ILIYASU
An armed robbery suspect, simply identified by his nickname, Bob Jay, fell into an open well on Friday night after he and other gang members raided student hostel at UniCross, Okuku campus.
The robbers, according to a source in the school, attacked students in their hostel at about 12 midnight and carted away laptops, phones and money. But after the robbery, one of the hoodlums fell into an open well while trying to escape with their loot.
“They were many that came around 12 midnight. They robbed all the students in the Okuku hostel. They stabbed one student, broke the head of another with a stick before escaping with phones, laptops and other valuables.
“Nobody knew that one of the robbers fell into the well until dawn when students went to fetch water and saw the man inside dead.
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They raised the alarm and the community people came and took him out. He was identified as one of the robbers and some people said his name is Bob Jay from Mbube, a neigbouring village,” She said.
She added that the police were alerted and they came and took the body away. She said no other gang member had been identified since the phone taken out of his picket was blur and unreadable.
Proofreading, editing by Uji A. Iliyasu, Editor at Neptune Prime
