6 dead as police clash with
robbers in Lagos
By DIPO KEHINDE
Monday, February 11, 2008
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Okiro
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Three heroic policemen were killed in Lagos early yesterday,
shortly after a fierce battle that claimed the lives of three
car-snatching-armed robbers.
Following a distress call, a team of anti-robbery policemen
had gone after the bandits, who snatched a golden-coloured
pilot Jeep marked HB 02 ABJ, in the Alausa area and were escaping
towards the Onikan area.
The anti-robbery team engaged the bandits in fierce gun-battle
from Onikan and pursued them towards the Apongbon-Apapa-Ojo
axis.
Daily Sun learnt that the escaping robbers
opened fire on policemen at a pin-down point at Onikan and
killed three of the cops, but the police eventually caught
up with the gang, killed three of the bandits and arrested
one.
The police identified arms recovered from the robbers as Kalashnikov
model. The surviving member of the gang was taken to the police
headquarters in Ikeja, as the State Criminal Investigations
Department (SCID) Panti began to make further investigations
yesterday.
Owners of the Jeep, now parked at the Ojo Police Station spoke
with Daily Sun yesterday praising the police
for their rapid response.
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