The seven operatives of the Department of
State Services who were killed on Wednesday by vandals in Ikorodu,
Lagos, did not engage their killers in a firefight before they were
murdered, PUNCH Metro learnt.
It was gathered that the operatives were
on a surveillance of the area when they were accosted by the armed
vandals who gunned them down.
Sources told our correspondents on
Thursday that the DSS operatives, who were nine in number, were in two
vehicles when they were attacked.
It was gathered that two of the operatives survived the attack and managed to escape from their assailants.
A
source said, “The operatives were on a random surveillance of the area;
they were not going for an operation as being speculated.
“They were stopped by the vandals and
while they were talking to them, they opened fire on the officers and
killed about seven of them.
“Two others managed to escape the
murderous onslaught and they have given a security report of the
situation to their superiors. I am sure the perpetrators will be tracked
down, apprehended and made to face the law.”
Our correspondent gathered that some
soldiers who visited the community on Thursday could not access the area
on account of the security situation on the ground.
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