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| Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. |
Despite the huge presence of diverse security operatives at the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, heavily armed robbers on
Wednesday night invaded the international Wing of the airport, killed two
police officers and made away with a huge sum of foreign currencies from some
bureau-de-change.
The dare devil robbers, who reportedly arrived the airport some
few minutes to 9pm, headed for the BDC operators centre near the car park of
the airport for the daring attack.
Eyewitness
accounts claim the armed robbers numbering over 10 started shooting
sporadically into the air as soon as soon as they arrived at the international
airport.
The
robbers were said to have been engaged in an exchange of gunfire with police
officers policemen in the airport for about 30 minutes. This led to the death
of two of the police officers.
One
of the robbers was also killed in the gun duel.
The
General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Yakubu Dati, confirmed the robbery.
He
however said he could only confirm the death of one of the robbers, noting that
the level of casualties was being ascertained.
“The
situation has since been brought under control by the swift intervention of
joint security force. They were apparently attempting to rob a bureau de change
operator near the airport. Normal operations and flight have not been affected
by the incident” he added.
The
robbery has again revealed the porous security network of the nation’s major
international airport as a similar robbery occurred in the airport recently.
Last
year, robbers came to the airport and made away with millions of dollars from
the same Bureau de Change.
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