Gunmen Shot Dead Police Officer Guarding Lagos Bank

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A policeman attached to a new generation bank around Cassette bus stop, Coker Aguda, in Surulere area of Lagos State was kill£d by gunmen on Wednesday August 24.

Businesses in the area were forced to close early after the policeman who was leaving the bank located on Enitan Street in the area, was shot in the neck at close range.

He was confirmed de@d at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital where he transferred to, from Randle General Hospital.

Though the motive of the attack is yet to be uncovered, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed the incident, said efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects.

Hundeyin said; “He was guarding a bank but the incident didn’t happen at the bank; he had left and was going somewhere inside a tricycle.

“He actually hired the tricycle and was the only passenger. He was attacked, shot and his service pistol taken away. It happened in the afternoon around 3pm. He later d!ed in the night. Nobody has been arrested but efforts are on to that end.”

 

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