By Gbenga Ariyibi

Ado Ekiti—Residents of Fajuyi Housing Estate along Ilawe Road, Ado Ekiti, were on Saturday night tormented and robbed of their belongings by a 7-man gang of armed robbers.

This is coming just about four weeks after a student of the Federal Polytechnic,Ado Ekiti, was killed by robbers at Olorunda area of the state capital during a robbery operation.

The men of the underworld were said to have raided from house to house, of their belongings, money,laptops, handsets, jewelry,  etc without being caught by the police.

Shedding more light on the ordeal the residents went through, Mr. Ayo Orebe, the general chairman of the housing estate, said the armed men raided 6 households within two and a half hours of operation.

Orebe said: “The robbery incident happened around 12 am. Before it happened, there were ominous signs that something terrible would happen. Dogs in the neighbourhood, including my three dogs, were barking violently and that made me to make calls to our executives that everyone should be at alert as the violent barking of the dogs signalled an imminent danger.

“It was around 12:30 am that one of the victims, a young man rushed to my place to recall the ordeal he went through with the armed men.

“He said he was at home with his family, a kid of two years and his wife when the robbers broke into his apartment, demanding for money and other personal effects.

“He said he would have  put up a fight but they put a gun to head of his first son of barely two years old and that humbled him.”