How robbers kill three policemen, civilians in deadly operation. 10
injured. Police gun down two suspects. Government says no cause for
alarm.
It was indeed a bloody day in Lagos on Sunday September 9,
2012, as rampaging robbers shot dead three policemen, a bureau de
change operator, an Okada rider and a bus driver.
As at Monday morning, information gathered showed that there were reports of
more deaths. Also, more than 10 people were believed to have been
injured. They include an official of the Lagos State Traffic management
Authority (LASTMA).
he bureau de change was attacked in Agege. A large amount of foreign
currencies was reportedly carted away by the robbers, who killed one of
the operators.
The robbers, said to be eight, including two
women, drove round in two SUVs - a Prado and an Armada. They shot the
policemen who were inside their patrol vehicle near the Guinness Brewery
on Oba Akran, Ikeja. Two of the five policemen inside the patrol van
died instantly. The third was taken to the hospital, where he died.
A
stray bullet hit a six-year-old girl in the eye. Her grandmother was
hit on the forehead. They were watching television in their home at 15,
Alfa-Nla Street in Agege on the outskirts of the city.
A stray
bullet also hit a parked Volvo ambulance with registration number HL 355
AAA belonging to Motolani Medical Centre. It shattered the rear
windscreen.
The robbers were said to have been spotted at about
10.35a.m at Ifako-Gbagada from where they reportedly drove through
Oshodi to Mile 2 and Agege. They shot dead an Okada rider in Ijesha on
the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
At Agege, the police reportedly
engaged the robbers who shot sporadically and headed toward Ogba. On
their way, a driver of a commercial bus, (Lagos XQ336 EKY) was shot
dead. His vehicle crashed into a ditch at the Railway crossing.
An
eyewitness, a commercial motorcycle operator who simply identified
himself as Kabiru, said he was following the SUV in which the robbers
were operating, unknown to him that they were armed robbers, until he
saw how they suddenly double crossed a patrol team and started shooting
at the policemen.
He said: “It was like a war scene. I saw death with my eyes. They shot dead two policemen. I took cover near the war zone.”
Lagos
Police Commission, Umar Manko, confirmed the incident. “The police got
wind of their operation and were chasing them and, in the process, two
officers were killed,” Manko said.
The CP noted that the hoodlums
killed the policemen because the patrol vehicle was met in an Isolated
place. He said he suspected that the bandits had snatched a police
communication equipment, with which they monitored police directives.
Meanwhile,
the Lagos State Government has assured residents of adequate security.
It described the situation as “unfortunate” but urged residents to be
vigilant and go about their duties.
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