Armed robbers went on the rampage this afternoon in Lagos and killed
several people including two policemen inside their patrol vehicle.
According to an eyewitness who gave his name as Tayo Adeyeri, the
robbers, who drove in two SUVs, a Toyota Prado and Armada, stormed
several parts of Lagos, including a bureau de change at Agege, Lagos,
southwest Nigeria, where they shot some currency changers and carted
away two bags containing local and foreign currencies running into
millions.
Adeyeri said he saw four people who were shot dead and that the
robbers also shot two currency changers who resisted their attack.
Those that were shot but survived were taken to Mayfair Hospital at
Oke-Koto but they were rejected and were taken to Motolani Medical
Centre at Alfa Nla, Oke-Koto, Agege for treatment.
A stray bullet shot by the robbers also hit a six-year old girl in
the eye and her grandmother on the forehead while they were watching TV
in their home at 15, Alfa-Nla, Agege.
A stray bullet also hit a parked Volvo ambulance with registratyion
number HL 355 AAA belonging to Motolani Medical Centre, and shattered
the back windshield.
The robbers numbering eight, including two women who were driving the the SUVs, started their operation at about 10:35 a.m. from Ifako-Gbagada, Oshodi, Mile 2 and Agege.
P.M.NEWS gathered that while they were escaping in their SUV, a team
of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, chased them with their patrol vehicle
with registration number 5251.
The police team caught up with the robbers at Guinness bus stop
along Oba Akran Avenue in Ikeja and the robbers opened fire on the cops.
In the ensuing gun duel, the police patrol team driver and another
policeman were killed on the spot and the robbers escaped with their
loot.
When reporters got to the scene a few minutes after the gun battle,
the two dead policemen soaked in their blood were still lying in their
Toyota patrol vehicle marked 525 on both sides of the vehicle.
The identities of the two policemen could not be ascertained as the
RRS Commander, CSP Kayode Odumosu, declined to pick his call when our
reporters contatcted him on pnoe this afternoon.
Two LASTMA officials had earlier been shot at Oshodi and a police
officer was also shot at Ifako Gbagada, according to eyewitnesses.
The state Police Command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, also did not
speak on the incident when our reporter put a call across to her this
afternoon.
There has been no official reaction at the time of this report.
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for each life taken by armed robbers i hope kenny martins and the rest of the thieves like him who embezzled the police equipment fund realise the blood are squarely on their heads..he thinks he is living a life of luxury not knowing he is heaping everlasting curses on his head...
ReplyDeleteI pray ds thieves and their sponsors are caught very very soon.
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