By Okhide Em’ya David
The popular saying of “every day for the thief and one day for the owner” assumed focus in Benin Suburb, Uhogwa, Edo State Nigeria on Monday as two Bandits who specialize in robbing Point of Sale (POS) operators met their Waterloo when they were outwitted by a female victim.
It will be recalled that robbing and maiming operators of POS in Benin Metropolis after the #EndSARS riot has become a past time for hoodlums who often out rightly murder their victims.
The Bandits Andrew Adubu and Destiny Olu, were said to have in a commando style, stormed the POS shop, located at the entrance of internally displaced persons (IDP) Camp in Uhogwa, Ovia North-east Local Government Area of Edo State.
Reports say on arrival the hoodlums asked the operator to withdraw N200,000.00 from their account.
The female operator had hardly inserted their ATM card into the POS terminal, when the hoodlums brandished a locally-made pistol, popularly called “cut to size” and ordered her to part with her entire cash and mobile phones.
The POS operator however cleverly knocked the gun out of the hand of the hoodlum who brandished it and it fell to the ground.
The Victim was said to have begun to scream for help and having raised an alarm, the security agents stationed inside the IDP camp, were alerted and swiftly swung into action and apprehended the Bandits.
The Bandits Andrew Adubu and Destiny Olu who confessed to the crime during interrogation said they resorted to robbery to raise money for a blissful Yuletide adding that it was highly regrettable that the robbery backfired . The locally-made pistol, used for the failed operation, three cartridges and an unregistered motorcycle were recovered from the Bandits.
Public relations officer, Edo State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Chidi Nwabuzor, while confirming the incident, appealed to members of the Public to support the police towards effective crime control especially during the Yuletide.
