Director stabbed while going to mosque in Abuja

He said in the process, the victim handed over his phone to the hoodlums, who then sped off.

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Garba added, “Before the neighbours could know what was happening, the hoodlums had already escaped with the man’s iPhone, and the victim was rushed to the hospital.”

Garba also said that this was the third of such incident in the area in the last two weeks.

He noted that another resident was attacked on his way to the mosque for Isha’i prayers and had his phone stolen prior to this latest incident.

Abuja Metro reports that incidents of phone snatching by suspected hoodlums, especially around Unguwar Dodo and Kutunku in Gwagwalada, have become rampant. Most of these hoodlums often target their victims during early morning prayers.

The spokesperson for the FCT police command, SP Josephine Adeh, could not be reached for comment on the incident at the time of filing this report.