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.
Our reporter was not
allowed into the hospital to
speak with the victims.
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 winshield.
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 P.M.NEWS 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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