on a normal day, Alade street at shomolu, is known for its usual noise as a result of the  printing press in virtually all the houses on the street.   The residents however have cause for concern as the incessant robbery cases in the area have put them  and their businesses in danger . the residents therefore call  on the police to beef up security in their area. This follows spates of robbery on February 14th  where residents were robbed and beaten by a twelve man dared devil armed robbery gang.
  the residents were about 2.00am sleeping when the armed men who came in a white  car stormed the street robbing and beating up everybody they could lay their hands on..
  residnts who shared rhier ordeaklk in the habnd of the robbers said some of tge gang were handing the road while other members  allegedly moved from house to house. Four houses were targeted by the armed robbers, and at the end of the incident, the robbers have successfully stolen over N200,000, laptops, handsets, jewwelry and other household materials
“ the houses  they attacked are number  7,9,11, and 12 “ said a resident who identified himself as Salami akin an operator in a printing press on number 11
 They came into our printing  press we were working late night  that was about 2.00am and they ordered us to bring out all our money and handsets , they started beating us we were like seven men working but the gang of armed robbers were caring sophisticated guns, they broke our gate and the doors and they collect three phones, one laptop and other valuables including money, they beat us very well when they saw that we did not have enough money”Mr. Akin said
 Other residents in the apartment were also robbed of cash and valuables.
 A 65 years old woman who preferred that her not should not be in print  said the armed robbers threatened to kill her grandson if she did not bring out the money she was hiding.
“ they stormed my room, I was sleeping with my children and they woke us up, one of them said “mama bring out the money” and I said I do not have money they said “ when we kill you grandson you will bring out money” that was how my daughter gave them money N15,000, and they collected her phones, so it was a traumatic experience,  they also robbed three of our neighbours ;in the other houses they attacked on the street, they collect N20,000, 10,000, phones and laptop, they used the butt of their gun to hit one of the men who told them  he did not have any money” she said.
A trader in house 9 Cynthia Odoh said “the armed robbers broke into our  apartment and they  beat my husband . they collected our jewelleries and money, three of them were in the room with us raiding the room and the others were outside, they were not masked at all, in house 12, they collected N160,000, and  handsets, from a printing press, the printing press  has  not open their shop since then , it was after the robbers have gone that the police came they just patrolled for a while and they left.”Mrs Odo said