By Evelyn Usman

A five-man robbery gang, weekend, lost its only weapon while struggling  to snatch a vehicle from a middle-aged man in the Ikotun area of Lagos.

The robbers reportedly accosted the owner of a Toyota Highlander (names withheld) at about 9pm, Sunday, as he was driving into his compound on Sosanya Street.

One of the robbers, armed with a locally-made cut-to-size gun, was said to have ordered owner of the vehicle to come out of the car he bought about two months ago and hand over its keys to him.

The car’s owner struggled with them and the pistol fell inside a ditch.

However, the man was reportedly overpowered by robbers, subsequently kept him inside the boot of the car before it was driven out.

The victim said: “They drove out of the vicinity, dropped me off along the road and drove off. On my way to the Ikotun Police Station to report the incident, I found my car parked in the middle of the road.

“There was no one inside, so I quickly entered and drove it to the station where I made a report.”

Next day, the victim’s co-tenants were said to have invited the Police, following the discovery of the robbers’ gun inside a ditch.

Policemen reportedly took the gun away.