Gunmen rob, rape FRCN Training School students

LAGOS — In what is fast becoming the norm,
gunmen, Friday, stormed the Federal Radio
Cooperation of Nigeria, FRCN, Training School,
Lagos State, raping and robbing many of the female
trainee journalists.
An eye witness in the school said that was the third
time the armed men would be attacking the school.
An insider said: “The armed robbers were many.
They attacked the school last week, last two weeks
and now this week. They always rape the girls and
dispossess  others, including male students and
workers on night duties of their valuables.”
The three attacks on the school have left many of
the workers shocked, especially as policemen were
supposed to be manning the school gate.
The last attack occurred at about 2am, with the
gunmen targeting the financial records offices.
Three of the gunmen wore masks and focused on
the new BOND FM station, which has a lot of new
expensive transmitting devices.
“Many of them broke into our offices, remove
burglar-proofs, raped girls who were in training and
living in our hostel. They collected money, phones
and laptops. This is the third time this will be
happening,” said a staff.
According to another insider, the school has male
and female trainees drawn from across different
radio stations in the country who are on special
courses. There are also private students studying
broadcast journalism.
The insider added: “The gunmen are usually many
whenever they attack. The first time they came,
they appeared to be searching for something as
they ransacked all offices.
This time, they came with three or four men wearing
masks. They were apparently the people who
wanted something from the school or offices. When
they came this time, they were the ones doing the
frantic searching.
Whether they succeeded in getting what they
wanted this time around is what we don’t know.”
Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, however said
only a case of burglary was reported.
“I just got to hear today that the place has been
burgled three times. But they had never reported.
It’s only today that an official complaint was lodged.
No case of rape was reported. Nobody has come
forward to say that she was raped,” she said.