In LagosPolice kill 5 suspected robbers in shootout
The suspects engaged the police in a shootout as soon as they saw
them. Two locally made double barrel shot guns, one cutlass and iron
cutter was recovered from them.
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday killed five suspected armed robbers and arrested one with bullets wounds.
Police sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikeja
that the suspects had engaged policemen from Elemoro Division, Ajah in
Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area in a shootout where they were killed.
He said that five of them were killed on the spot and one injured by bullets was arrested.
"The
police in Elemoro got information that the suspects were operating at
Abule Parapo, opposite Awoyaya in Elemoro area of Ajah around 2 a.m.
"The
suspects engaged the police in a shootout as soon as they saw them. Two
locally made double barrel shot guns, one cutlass and iron cutter was
recovered from them.
"The gang had been terrorising residents of Ajah, robbing and raping women,’’ the source said.
NAN
reports that the corpses of the dead and the injured suspects were
brought to the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja at about
12.15 p.m.
The operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have taken over the case file from the
Divisional Police Officer at Elemoro, SP Sani Limawa for further
investigation.
When contacted, the command’s spokesman, DSP Joseph Offor, said he had yet to get the details from the division as at press time.
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