Sunday, 23 June 2013

20 robbers strike in Ogun, kill six


Hell was let lose on Saturday in  Ifo community in Ifo local government area of Ogun State when  armed robbers, numbering about  20, invaded the area and  killed  six people including five operatives  of the Ogun  State Vigilante Service.

Sunday Vanguard learnt that the  robbers were  members  of  a  gang that  specialized  in robbing banks and  allied institutions.

The robbers, who allegedly  operated in an unmarked  lorry, entered a filling station  and  shot the five  men of the Vigilante Service guarding  the place.


One of the petrol station attendants was also said to be unlucky as the robbers bullets  hit him  and he died on the spot.

The robbers were reportedly  said to  have  engaged men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in a gun duel  before they escaped.

When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident but stressed that only two persons were killed.

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