Hoodlums Loot GSM Village …Cart Away Computers, Phones

Properties worth millions of naira have been looted by suspected hoodlums at Eleme junction in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Some items looted at the village include computers and computer accessories, GSM phones and accessories, as well as GSM stand.
Eye witness account told The Tide that the assailants gained entrance into the village after overpowering the security men guarding the area.
According to the source, the hoodlums, after gaining entrance into the village, made away with all the valuable properties including unspecified amount of cash.
Speaking in an interview with newsmen, chairman of the GSM Market Traders Association, Christopher Kingsley, accused residents of Garki village, a suburb at Oil Mill, of being responsible for the incident.
He alleged that he was informed that same group of youths from Garki village had invaded the village and carted away valuable properties.
Kingsley solicited the help of the state government to enable the traders recover their looted properties.
Also speaking, Mr. Theophillus Ajah, said the traders have nothing left to fall back on, stressing that they lost over N30 million to the incident.
Another trader, Mrs Ngozi Kalu, said the traders were law-abiding citizens who pay their taxes regularly.
Kalu called on the government to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the incident with a view to fishing out those who looted their properties.