Graphic Photos: Journalist Attacked by Armed Robbers on Lagos Highway

 A freelance journalist based in Lagos, Ogunleke Clement, was among several road users assaulted by armed robbers on Wednesday between Berger bus stop and Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Footage and images depict the injured journalist receiving medical care at a healthcare facility following the attack.

In an audio recording, the journalist who was a former staff of WAZOBIA FM, recounted being attacked by six young men wielding guns, machetes, and bottles.

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 He criticized the lack of security presence on major roads in the state to prevent such incidents.

Clement reported that the robbers stole his phones and all the money he possessed, along with robbing other passengers on the road.

Narrating his ordeal, he said, “I actually had a robbery attack between Berger and Otedola Bridge. It was not really easy. It showed that there is no safe place in this country.

“The security agency really failed me seriously. It is not really easy. Within that place, I didn't see anybody to really help me out. I went through all the hospitals around that, through Magodo, with no security at all.

“I was robbed and butchered somehow with guns, cutlasses and bottles; they were like six guys. My phones and my wallet were taken from me - with money, a lot of money.

“I was actually coming from an event. My grandmother died and we had to hurry and be fast because it is a Muslim burial. We had to bury her the following day. So on my way there, I had to go to work. Right now, I am a freelance in media and publicity.

“It is not that easy; I am seriously feeling pain. I just want to say one or two things to Nigerians - you are the security of yourself. Be vigilant, be very careful. In this period, things are not smiling.

“The way Nigeria is, the price of everything is high. A lot of youth and young people, they are into a lot of atrocities, robbery and the rest because I saw young men coming towards me. Two cars away, they macheted a lot of people. I don't know where the rest of the passengers have been or something, but I just have to save my life.”