Saturday, November 24, 2012

Fayemi’s security men, robbers in gun duel


Security operatives attached to the convoy of Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Friday morning  engaged a gang of armed robbers in a shoot-out on Enugu-Awka Road.
A security operative told journalists in Ado-Ekiti, on condition of anonymity, that the governor’s convoy ran into the armed bandit around 10.25 am. 
The source, however, did not disclose whether the governor was in the convoy or not. But he said that none of the security personnel was injured in the operation, which forced the robbers to flee from the scene.
He said the robbers had dispossessed some motorists of their belongings during the operation and over 500 commuters were stranded after motorists abandoned their vehicles on the road. 
The source said that the bandits  had laid a siege to the road about  five kilometers away from Aniocha village, but he said that over 500 commuters were rescued and led away from the scene after the security operatives attached to Fayemi had overpowered the robbers. 
It will be recalled that the convoy of the governor had earlier in the year ran into armed robbers along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and dislodged the bandits from the road. 

The Punch

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