Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief (Mrs.) Alaba Lawson, came within a whisker of death early Sunday morning as people suspected to be armed robbers stormed her residence in Abeokuta, leaving her security guard dead. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the robbers, numbering about 10, were said to have scaled the fence into her Quarry Road home around 1.00 a.m, armed to teeth. The robbers were said to have ordered the late security guard, identified simply as Yusuf, to take them to Mrs. Lawson's bedroom.
It was learnt that the resistance of the guard angered the robbers who stabbed him to death and fled when they saw mobile policemen arriving after a call by one of her children.Nigerian Tribune saw many sympathisers at the Lawson’s home. Blood could be seen in the generator house where the guard was killed.Narrating her ordeal, Chief (Mrs) Lawson said that she overheard the robbers ordering her late guard to take them to her employer's bedroom and that made her to alert one of her children to come to her aid.It was gathered that the son, on receiving his mum's distress call, drove to Ibara roundabout to inform the police and the robbers, on sighting the police, escaped through the fence. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni, got to the scene of the incident by 12.30 pm and ordered 24 hours surveillance in the area.
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