{"id":151009,"date":"2025-02-16T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/armed-robbers-reportedly-invade-ui-female-hostel-cart-away-valuables"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:29:10","slug":"armed-robbers-reportedly-invade-ui-female-hostel-cart-away-valuables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/armed-robbers-reportedly-invade-ui-female-hostel-cart-away-valuables","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbers reportedly invade UI female hostel, cart away valuables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A gang of armed robbers have reportedly invaded a female hostel, Awolowo hall, at the University of Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>The armed robbers invaded the hostel in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It was learnt that valuables such as mobile phones, gadgets and other property worth millions of naira belonging to the students in the hostel were carted away by the armed robbers.<\/p>\n<p>A source within the university revealed that the security team was alerted by the screams of the affected students and quickly responded to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>But the Registrar of the institution, Ganiyu Saliu while reacting, said it was a lone thief.<\/p>\n<p>Saliu in a statement made available on Sunday, confirmed that the thief entered two rooms in the hostel.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the thief stole mobile phones belonging to the students.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the police were alerted immediately the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe Management of the University of Ibadan has read with dismay the news about a lone stealing attack in one of the Halls of Residence of the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManagement states that it was a lone thief who entered two of the rooms in the hall and stole the mobile phones of the students. The rooms were inadvertently opened by the students themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thief fled immediately when an alarm was raised, and the safety officers swung into action. The police were alerted, and efforts were made to track the thief\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A gang of armed robbers have reportedly invaded a female hostel, Awolowo hall, at the University of Ibadan. The armed robbers invaded the hostel in the early hours of Saturday. 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