Some Portharcourt residents have taken to the social media platform, Twitter, to narrate their harrowing experiences in the hands of criminals posing as taxi drivers in the city.
The victims who were mostly females narrated how they were robbed of their valuables at gun points by these criminals , something they said has become an everyday occurrence.
https://twitter.com/ArchitectMaQ/status/957329263715405825
They equally identified routes where these robberies persistently occur while noting that stadium road to airforce flyover and genesis deluxe area have become very unsafe for female commuters boarding cabs on their own.
In one of the tweets, a man described how one of his colleagues was robbed in December and her bank account cleared off of all her savings.
Avoid night movements
If you must then get a cab man whom you know
Or move in company of another
Try to blend in as much as possible (speak broken pidgin if necessary & avoid that butty appearance)
Memorize the plate no. & send ur location to family if u feel unsafe
Stay safe ✌— I am Victory (@iamvic3) January 27, 2018
My colleague was a victim last december. Another friend of mine was also a victim and their accounts were seriously cleared out. One of them got the beating of her life that she was admitted.
I feel our security agents are either nt doing their job or they are part of it.— Dugha🎱 (@Obehidugha) January 27, 2018
It's getting bad by d day in pH, female folks are scared to enter cab at night, cox every cab is a suspect
— VOLTAGE (@Festuspalace) January 28, 2018
I've been a victim once and I'll say it's safer to sit behind the driver if alone in a private cab. If u sit in front he could use a knife.
— Mildred (@Meeldred01) January 27, 2018
They urged the state government to begin the policy of registering taxis that operate within the state capital as a measure to ensure that criminal elements do not take advantage of it to rob innocent commuters.
https://twitter.com/iwuchukwu_grace/status/957593926084546560
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