Frequent robbery incidents at Eke market square makes the environment unconducive for habitation and transaction of business. The residents of the locality pass sleepless nights to safeguard their property and business premises. One owner of a supermarket had his premises broken into and the contents of the supermarkets vandalized. Another seller of motor parts had a similar ugly experience. The activity of night marauders became the talk of the whole community. Tears of those who lost their property each day create a gloomy picture of this sub-urban city. Owners of lock up stores are beginning to lose patronage due to the ugly incidents.

One landlord whose magnificent bungalow adjoined the market decided to take precautionary steps to avert the attack of thieves and vandals. He would always drum into the ears of members of the family, "Nobody should go to bed without cross-checking the gates and entrance doors; examine all the bolts and padlocks. "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine". The instruction of the landlord became a slogan in the household. Children often convert it into mock song and caricature. But the truth is that the man's vision served its purpose.