One person has been feared dead after gunmen attacked a bullion van in Lagos State on Thursday, November 12.
The incident occurred along Addo Road, by Blenco Supermarket in Ajah, Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
Gunmen who are about 5 in number who rode in milk Sienna vehicle, were said to have opened fire on the bullion van around 3pm.
Video footages of the incident shared on social media showed the van riddled with bullets and its tires completely destroyed.
The corpse of a man identified as a motorcyclist whose bike laid nearby was seen in one of the footages.
Witnesses, who recorded videos as the robbery was ongoing, said the gunmen shot the carriage open and carted away millions of cash inside.
It was gathered the armed robbers started firing the van from a distance but the driver refused to stop until he got to Blenco Supermarket with his tires ruined.
While some claimed the gunmen fled through the lagoon after taking the cash, other said alleged they entered a nearby structure.
The gunmen were said to have also attacked a water tanker, forcing the driver and motor-boy to scamper for safety.
It would be recalled that Area N Command and Ajah Police Division in Ajah were among those attacked and armoury looted by hoodlums during the violence that followed the #EndSARS protests in the state.
Although Addo Road and Badore areas of Ajah have been notorious for cult- related violence in the last two years, residents said there has been a spike in armed violence since the attacks on the police stations.
Confirming the incident, Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu expressed that information from the robbery attack was still sketchy.
He said;
I am yet to get detailed information from the Area Commander but so far, we have not received any report on death.
Watch videos from the robbery incident below;
See daylight robbery on a bullon van on Ado road,Ajah this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/d8fVLTBBww
— FOI (@Folagbade8) November 12, 2020
Another video footage showing when the robbery was happening at Addo Road, Ajah today 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/eE7P19Ia6x
— Naija (@Naija_PR) November 12, 2020
I hear an armed robbery happened at Ado road, Ajah. Christmas season is here, let’s hope police resume full duties cos if it morphs from end SARS/end swat to end police, we are in for a long thing. pic.twitter.com/fZOREItRDq
— Chief Ojukwu (@ChiefOjukwu) November 12, 2020
JUST IN : Robbery at Blenco, Addo road, Ajah
— Jaynaija Blog (@Jaynaijadotcom) November 12, 2020
