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Speaking late yesterday from a bed in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) and in presence of his wife and a member of his church, Nurse, 55, said the cold muzzle of a gun placed to his head by one of the bandits awoke him from sleep; and the gunman immediately ordered him to remain silent and to get up from his bed, to which he complied whilst pondering his next move.
He explained that during his period of shock, he reflected on the gunman’s demand that he remain silent, and immediately realized that should he not comply, the men might try to harm his wife who lay fast asleep on the bed, blissfully unaware of what was happening in the room.
He said at first he thought the men were police ranks, since, on numerous occasions, he had heard and read the complaints of people regarding police invading their homes in the dead of night for various reasons. He changed his mind after the men ordered him to remain silent without identifying themselves.
Nurse said he raised an alarm, and the gunman shot him in the chest with a small dark gun whilst they were close to each other, but he was unable to properly identify the type of gun used. That gunshot injury, he said, did not prevent him from physically resisting the gunman; and at that point, the man began hitting him repeatedly in the head with the gun, causing him to bleed profusely. And as he and the man continued their struggle, the gunman’s accomplice, who was bracing a wall apparently shaking with fright, kept asking the assailant to let them depart. Nurse said that after the gunman had hit him a few more times with the gun, the party departed.
After the bandits had departed, Nurse said, he waited a bit until he caught himself, and then attempted to chase after them, but they were long gone. As he switched on the house lights, he realized that his television and three laptop computers were missing; but his wife then advised him to leave the checking and get to the hospital. The man said he put on his clothing and telephoned a friend who lives close by, but because that person took a while to arrive, he decided to drive to the hospital, despite his injuries.
He said he managed to park the vehicle outside the GPHC compound and enter the Accident and Emergency Unit, where he was attended to by a doctor.
Nurse said doctors informed him that, because of the location where the bullet has been lodged, his condition would have to be closely monitored, and if the bullet moves they will perform a surgery to remove it; but if it remains in its position, they may or may not perform the surgery to have it removed.
The man’s hospitalization comes just hours before his daughter, an employee of the National Communications Network Inc., was discharged from the same hospital, where she had been receiving medical attention.
Up to press time, the police had not revisited the location to dust for fingerprints and carry out other investigations, but have advised occupants of the home against touching anything. Consequently, this publication was not able to venture into the home to have photos of the ransacked sections taken.
