Trader robbed of ₦700,000 and thrown from moving vehicle in Abuja

Suspected one-chance robbers have reportedly robbed a 57-year-old trader, Malam Jamilu Adamu, of ₦723,000 and pushed him out of a moving car close to Yangoji-iri village along the Abuja-Lokoja expressway.

On Saturday morning, Malam Jamilu Adamu, a 57-year-old trader from Kwaita village in Kwali Area Council, was attacked by suspected one-chance robbers along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. He told our reporter on Tuesday that he boarded a vehicle around 6 a.m. en route Suleja to restock his provision shop. While seated in the front passenger seat with two others—an adult man and woman—behind him, the driver stopped near Piri village, claiming the vehicle had issues.

Adamu said he briefly stepped out to urinate while the driver examined the car. As he attempted to re-enter, the driver suddenly restarted the vehicle, pushed him out, and sped away with his bag containing ₦723,000. He sustained minor injuries from the fall.

Similarly, last Thursday, a trader named Rabiu Ado from Gada-Biyu was allegedly robbed of ₦1.25 million by another group of suspected one-chance criminals. He was forced to transfer the money via mobile transaction before being pushed out of the vehicle between Pai junction and Dabi village.

Efforts to contact the FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, were unsuccessful at the time of publication.