Female NTA Newscaster Disarms Robber, Collects Pistol From Him(Photo)

 

A suspected armed robber is now in police net in Benin,

Edo State, after the lady he attempted to rob disarmed

him.

The victim, a female newscaster with the Nigeria

Television Authority (NTA), was said to have given the

suspect, identified as Stanley, the fight of his life when he

tried to rob her. She succeeded in collecting the robber’s

locally-made pistol from him.

The suspect was handed over to policemen from Oba

Police Station, Benin. During interrogation, Stanley

mentioned names of his gang members. The police went

after the gang and arrested five members. The leader of

the gang is, however, still at large. The newscaster, who

wished to remain anonymous, said she went to Benin

from Lagos, for a wedding when the incident occurred.

She said she was cleaning her car, around 5:30am, when

the suspect appeared with his gun and ordered her to

give him money. She added: “I was cleaning the car

when I heard someone ordering me not to make a noise.

He had been hiding behind my car all this while.

He had a gun with him. He said I should take him inside

the house and give him money. I begged him not to

shoot, that I will give him the money. I also appealed to

him that my sister, whom I lodged with, is heavily

pregnant. I told him that my sister may go into force

labour at the sight of the gun. He was not interested in

my pleas. He held the gun to my waist. As we got close to

the entrance of the sitting room, I summoned courage. “I

screamed Jesus! I did not know what came over me, but I

suddenly turned and grabbed the gun.

I struggled with him and turned the gun to his chest. He

bit me. I bit him back. As we struggled, we reached where

my car was parked. I screamed and started calling for

help. My brother inlaw ran out. He attacked the robber

and kicked him until he fell flat on his face.”

The shout attracted residents who rushed out and joined

in wrestling the gun from the suspect. He was eventually

beaten up mercilessly. The residents wanted to beat him

to death, but others suggested they hand him over to the

police.

Recovered from Stanley were a locally-made gun, three

cartridges, a wallet, a phone and a wristwatch. The seller

of the gun has also been arrested. Police investigation

revealed that Stanley is a commercial bus driver. But

Stanley claimed he did not know why he took to robbery.

He said: “It was my gang members that gave me the gun.

I targeted the house because I thought I could rob people

living there successfully. I entered the compound by

jumping the fence. I never expected that the lady would

react by grabbing my gun. I planned the operation in my

house. I entered the compound around 2am.”