Traffic Robbers Engage Police In Gun Battle

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Traffic robbers dared the police in Lagos by engaging them in a fierce gun battle that lasted for several hours for obstructing their operations on the highway.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Cassidy Bus Stop in Okokomaiko area of Lagos.

This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana. He said that on 17th May, 2019, at about 10.20pm, a team of policemen from Okokomaiko Police Station on surveillance patrol intercepted a gang of traffic robbery suspects at Cassidy Bus Stop, Okokomaiko. The hoodlums engaged the police in a gun battle that lasted for hours but eventually succumbed to the superior firepower of the police.
DSP Elkana said during the exchange of bullets, one of the hoodlums was fatally injured and Adigun Ganiyu, 26, was arrested while other gang members escaped. He said that one double barrel gun with one live cartridge and two expanded cartridges were recovered, one motorcycle used by the hoodlums for the robbery operation was also recovered. The suspect confessed that his gang had been responsible for series of traffic robberies along Okokomaiko and he is helping investigators with useful information about his fleeing colleagues.

In a related development, DSP Elkana explained that on 18th May, 2019, at about 2030hrs, a surveillance patrol team attached to Ilemba Hausa Police Station intercepted a gang of traffic robbery suspects operating on motorcycle along Church Bus Stop, Ilemba and shot sporadically. A suspect, Justice Igboanusi, 29, of No. 11 Jinadu Street, Ajangbadi, Lagos, was arrested while one short double barrel gun with one live cartridge was recovered from him but other gang members escaped. The Police Spokesperson said that investigation is ongoing and the suspects will be charged to Court as soon as investigation is concluded.