Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Lagos Police Command has said that suspected armed bandits that robbed banks at Festac area of the state numbered about 40, wearing military camouflage and bearing military assault riffles.
The Commands Spokesman
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Joseph Offor said the Area ‘E’ and the Divisional Police Headquarters both at Festac Town received information of sporadic shootings at 4th Avenue Festac Town, Lagos and swiftly engaged the Armed robbers numbering over 40, dressed in military Camouflage and armed with military assault rifles of various calibre robbing Access and Diamond Banks simultaneously.
The gun battle forced the armed robbers to abandon over Twenty Seven Million Naira and Two Hundred and Forty Rounds (240) of 7.62mm live ammunition. No life was lost on both sides.
The case has been referred to Special Anti-Robbery Squad for discreet investigation while security has been beefed up within Festac Town and its environs, he said.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State reacting reassure the residents of their safety and urged them to go about their normal business.
He vowed to stop at nothing in unraveling the perpetrators of this heinous crime.