Robbers on bike escape with millions after attack on Skye bank*four persons killed

A  soldier guarding millions of naira, a female recharged card seller and two others  were part of victim mowed down on Tuesday at the Alaba International market, Lagos State, after commercial bike robbers attacked Skye bank branch. Several people were also inflicted with bullet wounds.

Eye witnesses said that the robbers attacked at evening hours, just as traders, accompanied by soldiers were carrying their millions in sacks to the Skye bank.

The commercial bike robbers were three on a single motorbike; two were masked but the rider brazenly exposed his face. People speculated that those in mask might be members of the traders in the market.

According to another eye witness, on that fateful day of the attack, a staff of the bank was assisting the traders to carry their million which was in sacks into the bank when the  robbers suddenly appeared from nowhere and started shooting like they were in some wild Wild West movie.

The sporadic hail of bullets hit a solder, a Skye bank, a female recharged card seller, plus another civilian. It was further gathered that several people received bullet wounds.

 In the ensuing melee, the robbers snatched one of the sacks loaded with money and disappeared.