Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), DSP Bala
Elkana, confirmed that police foiled a bank robbery when a distress call was
received at
about 9.45a.m, at its Ejigbo Police Station, that some armed robbers
on motorcycles were operating outside Access Bank along Egbe Road by NNPC
Junction at Ejigbo.
He said a patrol team was deployed from the Ejigbo Police Station to reinforce the Mobile Policemen on guard duty at the bank and the patrol team engaged the armed robbers in a gun battle.
He said a patrol team was deployed from the Ejigbo Police Station to reinforce the Mobile Policemen on guard duty at the bank and the patrol team engaged the armed robbers in a gun battle.
According to him, the police overpowered the armed robbers and chased them up to Egbe area where
their ring leader was arrested after he had sustained bullet wounds! The others
he said, escaped!
He
also confirmed that the sum of N250, 000 earlier snatched from a female
victim was recovered from the robber, and handed over to the owner.
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