Armed robbers on Tuesday in Ijora area of Lagos State attacked a team of policemen, killing three of them and injuring one.
The policemen, who were on patrol duty, were said to have chanced upon the robbers who were operating on a commercial motorbike when all hell broke loose.
It was gathered that the robbers had opened fire, shooting sporadically immediately they sighted the patrol van of the
police team.
The policemen were five in the patrol van.
Three of them died instantly.
It was only the driver of the patrol van that escaped unhurt.
The policemen were attached to Area C Police Command, Surulere.
The corpses of the three policemen were later taken to the Iponri Police Station, while their injured colleague was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is fighting to stay alive.
One of the policemen was said to have fired at one of the robbers, who also died at the spot.
A police source explained that wounded officer, narrating how they were attacked, said that the robbers were all wearing nice looking caftan clothes and looked responsible.
It was not until the bandits started raining bullets on them that they realised they had walked into a robbery operation.
The source further revealed that at the scene of the incident in Ijora Olopa area of the metropolis, a fully loaded pump action gun was recovered at the scene.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Prince Umar Manko, confirmed the story, adding that the police were in a patrol vehicle and were shot from behind by the robbers.
The police boss revealed that the suspects, who were three on one motorcycle and dressed in caftan, took advantage of the rainfall in the area and shot the policemen.
According to Manko, the policemen were five inside the patrol vehicle when the incident occurred.
He said investigation has commenced to fish out the perpetrators and that he has ordered the Officer in charge of the State Anti-Robbery Squad, Abba Kyari, to fish out the armed robbers.
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