A Rapid Response Squad, RRS, officer
attached to Pen Cinema Police Station under Area ‘G’ Ogba Lagos State,
southwest Nigeria, Constable Nafiu was killed early this morning during a gun
battle between the police and armed robbers who stormed a new generation bank
along College Road, Ogba.
When our correspondents visited the
bank this morning, security personnel in the bank were seen directing the bank
customers to another branch at Caterpillar bus stop along Ijaiye Road, Ogba for
business transaction.
Also, the Chief Security Officer of the
bank was at the scene to see things for himself.
He was supervising other personnel of the
bank to take photographs of the bank’s premises which was riddled with bullets.
He declined to speak with our
correspondent and also refused to identify himself. He simply directed our
correspondent to go to the bank’s head office on Lagos Island.
Investigations revealed
that the robbers arrived the bank as early as 3a.m. and started shooting into
the bank premises indiscriminately which attracted policemen from Pen Cinema on
patrol. And the policemen were said to have raced to the scene and on sighting
the police men, the robbers opened fire on them and this resulted in a gun
duel.
At the end of the gun battle, Constable
Nafiu was killed while three others sustained serious gun injuries.
One of the injured Cops, Inspector Friday, said that he was receiving treatment.
As at the time of this report, no arrest has been made.
The gate of the bank was riddled with
bullets and the two patrol vehicles brought by the police were badly damaged by
the robbers.
A resident of Karaole Estate close to the
scene, who identified himself only as Baba Bose, described the shooting as
terrible as no one slept from 3a.m. when the operation started till Thursday
morning.
“The shooting was too much. In fact I
thought it was in our compound that the robbery was taking place,” he said.
[PM News]
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