Just imagine! Police arrest night guard for failing to catch armed robbers

A night security guard has been arrested by the police because he failed to prevent a robbery attack. He was arrested by the police at Ejigbo division, Lagos state, and has been arraigned before Ejigbo Magistrate’s court.

PM NEWS reports that the 28-year-old suspect, Mohammed Nuru was charged with negligence of duty for failing to use reasonable means to prevent robbery attack in the area where he was employed under the Criminal Code.

According to the report, Nuru was recently employed as security man at 5, Egbe road in Ejigbo area of Lagos but was not equipped with arms or weapons to repel armed robbers.

The armed robbers reportedly invaded the area he was guarding, overpowering him and breaking into a boutique and carted away items worth N500,000.

The owner of the shop, Steve Olumese, who reported the incident to the police and the police arrested the area’s night guard, Nuru and charged him to court with negligence to perform his duty by not preventing armed robbery attack in the area.

Even though Nuru told the cops that he was unable to stop the robbers who over powered him because he had no weapon to confront them, he was arraigned.

He pleaded not guilty and the presiding Magistrate, Mr P.E.Nwaka granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum. He was remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, pending when he fulfills his bail conditions.

The case was adjourned till October 15, 2014.