Gunmen Rob, Rape FRCN Training School Students

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.