In what is fast becoming the
norm, gunmen, Friday, stormed the Federal Radio Cooperation of Nigeria, FRCN,
Training School, Lagos State, raping and robbing many of the female trainee
journalists.
An eye witness in the school
said that was the third time the armed men would be attacking the school.
An insider said: “The armed
robbers were many. They attacked the school last week, last two weeks and now
this week. They always rape the girls and dispossess others, including
male students and workers on night duties of their valuables.”
The three attacks on the
school have left many of the workers shocked, especially as policemen were
supposed to be manning the school gate.
The last attack occurred at
about 2am, with the gunmen targeting the financial records offices. Three of
the gunmen wore masks and focused on the new BOND FM station, which has a lot
of new expensive transmitting devices.
“Many of them broke into our
offices, remove burglar-proofs, raped girls who were in training and living in
our hostel. They collected money, phones and laptops. This is the third time
this will be happening,” said a staff.
According to another insider,
the school has male and female trainees drawn from across different radio
stations in the country who are on special courses. There are also private
students studying broadcast journalism.
The insider added: “The gunmen
are usually many whenever they attack. The first time they came, they appeared
to be searching for something as they ransacked all offices.
This time, they came with
three or four men wearing masks. They were apparently the people who wanted
something from the school or offices. When they came this time, they were the
ones doing the frantic searching.
Whether they succeeded in
getting what they wanted this time around is what we don’t know.”
Police spokesperson, Ngozi
Braide, however said only a case of burglary was reported.
“I just got to hear today that
the place has been burgled three times. But they had never reported. It’s only
today that an official complaint was lodged. No case of rape was reported.
Nobody has come forward to say that she was raped,” she said.
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