Sunday, 17 November 2013
Two policemen have died in the hands of a six-man robbery gang that attacked a second generation bank’s Automated Teller Machine, ATM, at Ipaja area of Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday.
The officers met their untimely death when a team of policemen responded to a distress call from the bank.
The robbers attempted to break open the ATM, when the policemen from Ayobo Police Division arrived on the scene and the robbers opened fire on them, killing the team leader, Longus Amuzie, an Assistant Superintendent of Police and one other.
The other policemen were said to have called for backup.
The officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Abba Kyari, swiftly deployed a team of operatives to the area and four members of the gang were arrested.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, while confirming the report, said the robbery was foiled, adding that no money was stolen from the ATM.
