Robbery Strike in Festac Town

The Festac area of Lagos is currently under siege by armed robbers who are shooting sporadically into the air to wade off any possible opposition to their operation.

 

The robbers have been shooting sporadically into the air for over an hour now and an eye-witness have revealed that the group are a group oil bunkers who came heavily armed.

 

 

"They are a gang but I was able to see three of the gang. I was also lucky not to have an altercation with them," an eyewitness said.

 

Also, residents in the area say the bunkering operation began at around 5am with sporadic gunshots. It took soldiers about 1 hour, 30 minutes to respond to distress calls from the residents.

 

The soldiers have blocked roads leading to 4th avenue junction and are said to be on the chase of the bunkers. How ever commercial activities in Festac are grounded, banks have remained shut for fear of robbery attack.

 

It was gathered that the fully armed gang, about fifty in number, gained access to the area through a canal which was not quite close to the banks and continued shooting sporadically into the air.

 

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