Workers and patients at hospitals in Okitipupa
local government area of Ondo State are now
living in fear following series of attack on two
of the hospitals in the community by suspected
robbers.
DAILY POST authoritatively gathered that two
hospitals in Okitipupa was last week Sunday and
Monday invaded by suspected robbers while
nurses and patients were not spared from
beating.
The attack was said to have been allegedly
carried out by the same gang.
A source told our correspondent that the
robbers who stormed the hospitals separately
between 10pm and 11.30pm of the fateful days
collected some undisclosed amount of money
from the nurses and other staff of the hospitals.
According to the source, the hoodlums also
forcefully collected some amount of money from
the patients on admission while patients and
nurses who had no money to give were
mercilessly beaten.
One of the victims on condition of anonymity
said, ” the hoodlums were four in number,
masked and they came to the hospitals on
motorcycles.
“They threatened to shoot whoever did not
cooperate with them, so all of us laid down and
allowed them to do their operation without any
hindrance.
"They were asking everybody, including the
patients to bring out money and those that did
not have money to give them were seriously
beaten.
” It was very unfortunate. We tried all our
efforts to call the police but we did not succeed
because they also collected our phones and
other valuables. ”
He, however, noted that nobody was killed nor
raped during the operation by the hoodlums.
It was gathered that immediately after the
operation on the first hospital, the victims
reported the case at the police station in the
town.
The police was said to have promised to take
action but less than 24 hours, another operation
was carried out in another hospital in the town
in same manner by the same gang .
Effort to reach the Public Relations Officer of
the state police command, Mr Femi Joseph
proved abortive as his telephone line was
switched off at the time of this report.
But an officer in the State Anti-Robbery Squad
who confirmed the incident said the police had
being on the lookout for the hoodlums.
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