Nigeria: Abuja Car Snatchers Turn Daring in Their Operations

16 February 2013

Car snatchers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) no longer target parked vehicles but trail flashy ones on the road with their cars in order to rob them.

While trailing such vehicles, they get so close, hit them from behind, so that their owners can come out to assess the damages and they are robbed at gunpoint.

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