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Lagos Police recover cache of arms in FESTAC

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The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, on Monday announced the recovery of caches of arms in FESTAC area of the state.

 

Mr. Owoseni said the recovery was made at 6th Avenue. He said two AK 47 Riffles, 24 AK 47 fully loaded magazines, one Browning Pistol and magazine were recovered.

 

Other arms recovered, he said, included 951 ammunition of 752 mm size and 1,107 ammunition of 6mm size.

 

Mr. Owoseni, who confirmed this during his weekly briefing on the activities of the command, stated that the Police are doing their best possible to uncover the persons behind the stockpile.

 

He, however, did not say if anyone was arrested in connection with the recovery.

 

The commissioner further said that in the last two weeks, 28 robbery suspects and two kidnap suspects were arrested.

 

He added four of the robbery suspects were shot dead during an exchange of gunfire with the police.

 

Mr. Owoseni said 16 different types of guns, 24 AK 47 magazines, one pistol, 1, 083 ammunition, three cutlasses and 10 vehicles were recovered from the suspects.

 

The suspects, arms, ammunition, vehicles and other items were shown to journalists at the state police headquarters, Ikeja.

FESTAC: How Security Operatives Engaged Vandals In Gun Battle Yesterday

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Pandemonium broke out yesterday at the FESTAC Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State as suspected oil thieves engaged Security operatives in a fierce gun battle. The gun duel which lasted for about 30 minutes sent shivers to residents who scampered for safety.

It was gathered that at about 6.30am, the Police received information that some hoodlums were seen in a carnal at the 7th Avenue, FESTAC Town and  suspecting that the hoodlums were armed robbers, quickly mobilized and sent a distress call to the Army Headquarters who drafted their men to join the Police.

The joint military and Police team stormed the Carnal where the hoodlums opened fire on them and the Security team engaged them in a fierce gun battle.

Residents who heard the gun shots ran for cover as they thought it was a similar attack on banks by armed bandits as witnessed recently in the area.

A resident, Chisom Nkemdilim said that she was taking her children to the School when she started hearing gun shots. “My brother, I remembered what happened about two months ago in FESTAC Town when armed robbers raided the place and eventually killed mother and child, so I had to advise myself and returned home  with my children. As I was speeding home, I saw other people running helter skelter. It was just a few minutes ago that I got the true picture of what really happened. I was told the Police and soldiers engaged pipeline vandals in a gun battle at 7th Avenue. That place is a notorious enclave for criminals”

A witness, Bielose Maduka said, “I thought it was even war as I saw soldiers and Police shooting. I was so scared that I had to relocate my family to a friend’s place for fear of stray bullets. It was in the radio that I later heard that it was a shoot out between the security agents and oil thieves. I am thinking of relocating my family from FESTAC Town to another place. FESTAC Town has now become a den of criminals. Life is no more interesting”

A Police source at the FESTAC Town Police Division said that that the Police got intelligence report that the Pipeline vandals were planning to siphon fuel at 7th Avenue through the carnal “We quickly contacted the military who assisted us in chasing the hoodlums away. We did not lose any of our team members but the hoodlums escaped with bullet injuries. You know the vandals attacked our gun boat at the Epe area but we have recovered it and we are fixing it. The oil thieves are now hungry and desperate because security operatives have taken over their depot in Arepo, Ogun State. We knew that FESTAC  Town was their next target after they failed in Epe. Now, we know their next target and we are ready for them. We thank the soldiers who are now assisting us in this war”

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FESTAC Robbery Attack, What Really Happened

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Gunshots and dynamite explosions rent the air on Tuesday as armed robbers invaded the 4th Avenue, FESTAC Town area of Lagos State.

The robbers, who were in different military uniforms, shot sporadically into houses, as they raided the FESTAC branches of Diamond and Access banks.

According to eyewitnesses, the operation, which lasted for about one hour, went unchallenged, as frightened residents were forced to take refuge in their homes.

After the dust had settled, a 39-year-old woman, Jane Peter, and her one-year-and-two-month-old baby, Nmesoma, who were on the fourth floor of a house near the robbery scene, were discovered to have been shot dead.

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Robbers Storm Banks In FESTAC

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Robbers, Tuesday morning stormed FESTAC Town, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, in military fatigue and raided three banks on 4th avenue in the area.

It was gathered that the heavily armed robbers who came via the canal in speed boats blew up the security doors of Diamond, Finbank and Access banks and carted away unspecified amount of money.

It was learned that the robbers announced their presence with sporadic shootings which sent everyone in the vicinity scampering to safety. Several persons were reported injured in the process.

It cannot ascertained if customers and staff of the affected banks were hurt during the operation.  However, eyewitnesses said that the men of the underworld shot indiscriminately while they were been chased by the Police and youth in the area as they made good their escape.

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