Two policemen were, in the
early hours of Sunday,
killed during an encounter
with a six-man robbery
gang that attacked a
second generation bank’s
Automated Teller Machine,
ATM, at Ipaja area of Lagos
State.
Vanguard gathered that the
two officers met their
untimely death when a
team of policemen
responded to a distress call
from the bank.
The robbers attempted to
break open the ATM, when
the policemen from Ayobo
Police Division arrived on
the scene and the robbers
opened fire on them, killing
the team leader, Longus
Amuzie, an Assistant
Superintendent of Police
and one other.
The other policemen were
said to have called for
backup.
The officer in charge of the
Special Anti-Robbery
Squad, Abba Kyari, swiftly
deployed a team of
operatives to the area and
four members of the gang
were arrested.
Police Public Relations
Officer, Ngozi Braide, while
confirming the report, said
the robbery was foiled,
adding that no money was
stolen from the ATM
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