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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