Are you a visitor in Enugu and haven’t heard stories about
Garrikki Awkunanaw? You are in the right place where you will get the right
information that will help you adapt in the city.
Information is power. That is why it is necessary to sort
for it wherever you can find it. My local champion will tell you the necessary
thing you need to know to protect yourself in Enugu city, especially in
Garrikki.
Let’s move on.
Hold your purse/bag
tight, and your phone too! What? You heard me right. ‘Area boys’ dey for
Garrikki well well. That is why you must be at alert with your property. Garrikki
is not a place where you form ajebo. No, you shine your eye!
There is a place known as APO filling station at Garrikki,
along the main road… yes…the name of the
filling station has been changed to____ but the place is still called it is
already known as and called APO filling station up till date. Yes… yes… what
about the place? Calm down I will tell you. That place is their zone, their
headquarters. Hahaha. That is where the hoodlums always stay to spy for a
possible victim.
How do the hoodlums
operate? How do they snatch purse and phone?
They have a union…call it picking pocket associations of
Garrikki if you like…hahaha. They know the possible victims. Those who walk
lackadaisically, holding their phone anyhow and purse dangling loose on their
shoulders, those are the people they normally attack. They one person normally
snatches the item from their victim and takes off, run. And don’t think anybody
will pursue them when their snatch your purse from you. No no no. they are like
a recognized and registered association Garrikki. Your item is gone for good.
Several cases have been recorded when they snatched phones
off peoples ear when their where making calls right inside the bus, close to
the window. They would just put in their hand from the window side and snatch
the phone of your ear and do a gentle cat walk away into the ghetto.
So be wise and guard yourself in Enugu city. Welcome to
Garrikki!
Proudly compiled by MY VILLAGE MAN.
