Hoodlums Rape Market Women

Rampaging hoodlums operating along Benin/Asaba expressway, on Tuesday attacked an 18-seater Hiace bus with registration number AX 131 EKP conveying traders to Onitsha market, and allegedly raped the female passengers while dispossessing them of N250, 000 at gun point.

Witness said the incident took place few metres from Agbor town along the expressway when the bus broke down as a result of electrical fault which forced the driver including the

occupants to disembark and start seeking solution to the problem when the hoodlums arrived on motorcycles.

They were said to have ordered the passengers including the driver into the bush where they were searched while the female passengers were raped.

Some Customs Officers who craved anonymity, told LEADERSHIP that while the robbery lasted, they heard the  victims calling for help, adding however, that they could not go for their rescue because the hoodlums outnumbered them and were also armed with sophisticated weapons.

LEADERSHIP checks revealed that between Agbor and Umunede, along the expressway, has been under siege by hoodlums who make fortunes from unfortunate stranded passengers whose travelling vehicles either broke down or are attacked at the spot.