konknaijagirl | On 09, Mar 2013

A gang of eight armed robbers stormed the Abule Egba, Lagos State branch of Zenith Bank, causing a heavy commotion in the area as people scampered for safety on Friday Afternoon.

 

The robbers, apparently acting on a tipoff, stormed the Zenith Bank branch located on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, at Abule Egba, with several sophisticated weapons and some local charms charms at about 2:30pm.

 

Amidst the chaos of the poorly organised operation and due to the dilligence of the police team made up of officers of the Lagos state Special Anti-Robbery Squad and those of Area G Police Command led by the Area G Commandant, Assistant Commissioner of Police Abdullahi Ishol who reacted promptly to the distress call from the area the robbers were apprehended.

On sighting the police team, the robbers opened fire on the police team, which lasted for over an hour, causing panic in the area.

They were eventually overpowered by the police team and arrested. Among the weapons recovered from the armed robbers were five AK-47 assault riffles.