No
fewer than three policemen and four residents of the Ogun Waterside Local
Government Area of Ogun State lost their lives during encounters with some
gunmen suspected to be militants.
Punch learnt that the three policemen,
attached to the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad, lost their lives last
Thursday after the gunmen abducted a Chinese expatriate.
The
operatives had engaged the gunmen in a shootout when the three policemen were
killed.
Another
resident was also hit by a stray bullet and died on the spot.
Punch
correspondent learnt that the assailants on Friday attacked the home of a
businessman, identified as Chief Rafiu Daramola, where they reportedly carted
away N4.7m.
They
were said to have shot dead three residents while escaping from the scene.
A
community leader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the three
policemen and one resident were killed in Odi Omi, a boundary community between
Lagos and Ogun states.
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