Policemen attached to Elemoro Division, Ajah in Ibeju-Lekki
Local Government Area, yesterday, mowed down five robbers who were raiding
occupants of a building in Ajah.
Policemen from Elemoro Police Station, where said to have
responded to a distress call from the area and when they got to the scene, the
robbers engaged them in a gunfire that lasted over 30 minutes.
After the smoke from smoking guns cleared, it was discovered
that two security men, attached to the community being have sustained gunshot
wounds. Five of the robbers were stone cold dead, while two escaped.
The gang is said to have been terrorising residents of Ajah,
robbing and raping women.
A police source said: “The robbers were firing seriously. They even
shot two security personnel there. The incident occurred between 2:20 and
3am. They engaged police in gun battle
for more than 40 minutes. Four were gunned down immediately, two got injured
and two escaped. Later, one of the two that got injured died. We recovered two
guns, phones, money and laptops. They were robbing from house to house.”
It was further gathered that police in Elemoro got information
that the suspects were operating at Abule Parapo, opposite Awoyaya in Elemoro
area of Ajah around 2 a.m. and raced to the scene, where there was a shootout. Two
locally made double barrel shot guns, one cutlass and iron cutter were
recovered from them.
The corpses of the dead and the injured suspects were brought to
the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja.
The case was taken over by operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) from the Divisional Police Officer at Elemoro, SP
Sani Limawa for further investigation.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joseph
Offor, said he was still trying to get details about the incident.
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