Two persons, including a motorcyclist, were Thursday killed after gunmen attacked a bank’s bullion van in Lagos.
It was gathered that the incident occurred along Addo Road, by Blenco Supermarket in Ajah, Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), when gunmen in milk-coloured Sienna opened fire on the bullion van around 3p.m.
It also noted that the corpse of a man identified as a motorcyclist whose bike laid nearby was seen while the other person’s blood was alleged to have stained the ground.
According to the report, eyewitnesses, who recorded videos as the robbery was ongoing, said the gunmen shot the carriage open and carted away the cash inside.
The armed robbers reportedly started firing the van from a distance but the driver refused to stop until he got to Blenco Supermarket area with his tires ruined.
A source, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, allegedly said: “I witnessed a broad daylight robbery 10 minutes ago. A black bullion van was attacked. All the tyres of the van were shot at but the driver did not stop.
“Gunmen in Siena and carrying AK47 were shooting sporadically in front of Blenco between Ajah-Ado Road. Commuters using route should be cautious and alert.”
It was gathered that the Area N command and Ajah police division were among those attacked and armoury looted by hoodlums during the violence that followed the #ENDSARS protests in the state.
Speaking on the incident, the Lagos state commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu, told The Nation that the information about the robbery was still sketchy.
He said: “I am yet to get detailed information from the Area commander but so far, we have not received any report on the death.”
