Luck has ran out on a notorious armed
robber who was shot dead during a gun battle with policemen after
robbing a read more......
customer at Zenith Bank Plc branch at Egbeda, Lagos on
Wednesday.
Gistmania reported that one of the robbers died
as a result of injury he sustain in a gun battle with the Police while
the second suspect was arrested alive.
The police also
recovered short locally made gun and live ammunition including the
motorcycle they used to operate in Lagos. The duo had attacked a woman
identified as Mrs Joyce Bello and snatched N40,000 she withdrew from the
Bank ATM.
The duo had accosted her and pointed their gun on
her head and forced her to surrender the money. After collecting the
money, they were pursued by policemen who got hint of the robbery.
Eye
witness said the suspects were driving one way on the road trying to
escape after shooting sporadically to scare people away, unfortunately
that was the period Idimu police patrol team were moving round the area
on routine check.
The policemen shot at the robbers killing
one in the process. The corpse of the victim identified as Habib Bello
who lived at Shasha area has been recovered and deposited at Igando
General Hospital, while the second suspect who resides at Dopemu area
was still detained at the Idimu Police Division.
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