Some
soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment of the Nigerian Army (NA) on Thursday
shot two policemen attached to the FESTAC Police Division and a civilian.
The
soldiers were part of the troops that were deployed to the 7th Avenue area of
FESTAC Town to curtail the activities of the notorious pipeline vandals that
had hitherto held sway in the area.
According
to an eyewitness account, the incident was instigated by a two-man robbery
gang, who had accosted a bank customer.
The bank customer was said to have been leaving the bank when the robbers snatched his money from his hand and fled on their motorcycle.
The bank customer was said to have been leaving the bank when the robbers snatched his money from his hand and fled on their motorcycle.
Some
passersby had alerted the police who gave chase but the robbers escaped.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Jospeh Offor, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident, although he described
it as an act of omission rather than commission.
He said, "At FESTAC Town, a man was attacked after he had withdrawn money
from a commercial bank. As he was leaving the bank with the money, two men on
bikes accosted him and made away with the money.”
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