Armed robbers have attacked Aco Estate Gardens along Airport Road in Abuja and dispossessed fun seekers of their money and valuables, a resident, Ezenwa Alfred has said.
According to Alfred, the robbers who were six invaded the garden beside the headquarters of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), around 8 pm on Monday and shot sporadically before robbing the fun seekers.
He said, “I was leaving the garden to my house after I received a call that I had a visitor. I was just some few metres away when I started hearing gunshots.”
He added that some minutes after he was told that robbers invaded the garden and robbed guests.
Another witness, identified as Samuel, added that the robbers alighted from a car some metres away from the guests and trekked to the entrance of the garden before attacking their victims.
He said, “In fact, one of the robbers first came as if he wanted to buy a drink. Moments later, I started hearing gunshots and I escaped through the back.”
Daily Trust reports that though no guest sustained injury during the attack, the robbers fled immediately.
There was no response from the FCT Police Command on the incident.