Four people were killed on Thursday evening when a gang of armed robbers invaded the branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at Plot B, Waterfront Plaza, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos state.
According to a witness, the four people were three police escorts of a passing civilian Coaster bus and a fish seller.
The robbers, numbering at least 12, arrived a few minutes before 5pm via a boat, and immediately began firing gunshots into the air in an operation that lasted exactly 25 minutes.
“It was a well-coordinated attack,” the witness said.
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“The robbers arrived in military camouflage and immediately distributed themselves, three of them manning each of the four exits of the bank. As I am talking to you now, the bodies of the three policemen that were killed are still on the ground.”
He added that after forcing their way into the banking hall, the robbers immediately announced their intention, and everyone cooperated with them.
“Nobody was killed inside the bank because once they announced that they were robbers, everyone, including bank staff, cooperated. All the four people killed were shot outside. The fish seller was crossing the road while the robbery was going on.
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“So it was a successful operation for them, because they made away with a lot of money. They even hacked into the ATMs and carted away the money stuffed there.
“When they finished, they escaped using the same speed boat the came with.”
The robbery attack enthroned fear in the area, as people abandoned their cars on the road and scuttled to safety, causing traffic obstruction that last well over an hour after the attack.”
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Kayode Aderanti, the Lagos state commissioner of police, who visited the the bank, said the police was assessing the situation and promised that the robbers would be apprehended.
6 comments
This Country don dey tire person. E remain make robbers begin use helicopters…So sad. RIP to the policemen and the poor woman. We need to always be ready to meet God
So sad! Esp the fish seller, so they now use boats to rob! Does the Nigerian govt have security on the nation’s inland waters? Dem neva secure land finish! Sad indeed!
God have mercy, these are deadly criminals.
Lagos state for many years enjoyed peace without bank robberies until this election period. Lets hope that super AIG will face the robbers and not politicians.
Lagos is not safe ooo,its only God d@t is helping joore
In as much at its a sad event that occurred, we need to ask ourselves, very truthfully, Where do these robbers get the guns, and information from, before striking.
We always cry wolf, wen these events happens, but have we controlled crime, before it happening???
We need a system in this country, that crime can be contained and prevented before wen it happens. Even, we it happens, we need technology where suspects can be traced and apprehended, via video technology