Robbers shoot driver in head

A 53-year-old driver, Suleman Tajudeen, was admitted to the Benin Specialist Hospital, Edo State, after he was shot in the head by suspected armed robbers.

The suspected robbers were said to have barricaded a portion of the road in order to slow down vehicular movement and rob unsuspecting motorists and passengers.

He said the robbers thought that he had died from gunshot injury when they saw him in a pool of blood. The injured driver, however, said he was later rushed to the hospital when his vehicle arrived at Benin.

He said, “When I saw the barricade, I stopped. As I tried to reverse, they (robbers) shot and the vehicle stopped. One of the robbers said that I was dead. They dragged me out of the vehicle, searched me and stole about N48,000 and my mobile phone before they left. After they left, I managed to drive to Benin while blood was still flowing.”

UCJ, UNILORIN.