A taxi driver has narrated how he narrowly escaped death, after three suspected car snatchers snatched his cab and tried to shoot him at the Victoria Island area of Lagos State, but their guns failed.
The taxi driver, Matthew Michael, said that if not for the quick intervention of policemen and God’s design, his car would have been gone for good and he would probably be dead by now.
One of the suspects, identified as Rasheed Yusuf, is currently in police detention.
Yusuf is alleged to be a member of a three-man-gang, residing in Mushin area of the metropolis.
Yusuf and his gang stole a Metro taxi, M22, owned by Michael, who had just recently taken to the business of commercial driving.
According to Matthew, the three young men flagged him down on his way to Escape Lounge.
They told him that they were going to Mushin and after billing them, two of the men brought out guns, while Yusuf whipped out a dagger.
Michael said: “They ordered me to get down and go to the back seat, while two of the guys sat at the front seat and the third at the back seat with me.
“One of those at the front drove the car.”
Michael said that on sighting the police who were carrying out their duties at the entrance of Adeola Odeku Street, he drew the handbrake of the taxi and started hitting the glass of the car to attract the police on duty but it was to no avail.
He recalled that after the aborted plan to attract the police attention, the men suddenly stopped the car and pushed him out of the car.
They opened fire, but the gun refused to shoot.
He added: “They tried severally but the guns refused to shoot.
“They now tried to run.
“I threw myself on one of them and held on tight.
“I started shouting.
“This attracted the attention of security guards and policemen eating at a local canteen not far from where they had planned to kill me.”
A police officer, who identified himself as Austin Ejiro, said that he was at the Adeola Odeku post, on duty, when he heard noise coming from a car before it stopped.
Ejiro said: “I thought the car was faulty and did not pay it any further attention.
“It was later after we heard shouting that we realized what was happening.”
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