EKO JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): On 19 January 2013, at about 8:00pm, one Perpetual Ubua (PW1) a GSM recharge card dealer, was attacked and robbed of her hand bag containing recharge cards worth ₦128,000.00 (one hundred and twenty-eight thousand naira) plus the sum of ₦285,000.00 (two hundred and eighty-five thousand naira) cash, and two (2) mobile cell phones (a Nokia and a Techno) by three men on motor cycles.
The PW1 was a passenger on another motor-cycle. She was returning home from her shop after the day’s business. The three boys on their motor-cycle followed the motor-cycle conveying the PW1. The motor-cycle from behind was ridden into that conveying the PW1. The three boys allegedly started beating the PW1 and the person conveying her. One of the boys snatched the PW1’s hand bag. The PW1 struggled with him over the hand bag. She was overpowered. She was shouting for help. The boys then started shooting gun to scare people away, and thereafter fled with PW1’s hand bag. …