Militants In Lagos, shoot 6 Policemen

Lagos State police command reportedly

said it has arrested not fewer than five suspects following the wicked attack on Igando community by suspected militants.

The hoodlums were said to have continued yesterday morning and allegedly left six policemen injured after they were shot.

A day after the intense battle between the pipeline vandals and the police operatives, sporadic continued unabated as the gunmen staged a comeback and rained terror on community dwellers, yesterday.

The state police public relations officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, who was at the scene with the commissioner of police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, according to Leadership newspaper noted that the residents were still traumatised and angry over the development.

The suspected militants stormed the Obadore, Ewedogbon, Akesan Fatoki, and Egan communities of Igando and left six persons wounded, as they robbed residents of their valuables.

Despite the heavy police presence and the deployment of drones, helicopters and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC), the gunmen came back to the community again to unleash mayhem yesterday.

However, the CP had not gone far when the hoodlums struck, so the police were able to immediately deploy their personnel and repelled the gunmen again, which triggered rumours that the vandals attacked the police boss.

Some of the residents lamented that they have been living in fear and apprehension by the continuous attacks in recent times, called on the police to ensure that the criminal elements are fished out.

One of the residents who spoke on anonymity said, “We don’t feel safe anymore. Our lives are under threat. These criminals come here at will, rob and traumatize us and go scot-free. Now, the police have told us that they can’t access the creeks because of its nature, isn’t it high time they invite the navy and the air force, with their advantage of the air and the water to tackle this menace?

Granted that thick foliage covered the creeks, but they shouldn’t fold their hands and watch us being maimed off. The air force should carry out an aerial bombardment of the area, while the navy should patrol the creeks.”