An unknown number of people have been killed following a bank robbery operation in Lagos. Eye witness say that a large number of men dressed in army uniform stormed the First City Monument Bank in Lekki late in the afternoon shooting sporadically.

Policemen on duty in a bullion van were said to have been shot dead as commuters scamper for safety, abandoning their vehicles. The bank is said to be located around the Lekki/Ikoyi bridge. The robbers are said to have fled on speedboat.

Credit: news24