ARMED ROBBER ENGAGED POLICE IN A FIERCE BATTLE

A robbery gang

suspected to be cultists, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle, in Owode area of Lagos Wednesday night, at the end of which one of them was gunned down. Others, manages to escape with bullet wounds, abandoning their operational vehicle, a Toyota Camry saloon car without registration plate. There were different account on how the gang met its waterloo. A version of the account alleged that members of the gang had same day, at Demuren street, Alapere, stabbed one Sylvester Chikwendu,( 32), suspected to be a rival cult member to death. They were fleeing the scene when the police team got wind of their operation and intercepted them. Another version said that the suspects allegedly disposed some residents of their valuables before they stormed Demuren street where they unleashed mayhem of their target. Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Chile Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police CSP, who confirmed the incident, said one pump-action rifle, one locally made revolver pistol, one locally made single barrel pistol, five live 9mm calibre ammunition, three live cartridges, two expended cartridges, two cutlasses, charms and assorted clothing were recovered in the suspects’ operational vehicle at the end of the gun battle. Commenting on the incident, Oti said ” The onslaught against the twin evil of armed robbery and cultism in the state, ended on a high note at about 8.30 p.m on September 19, 2018, when operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, did not only intercept a rampaging criminal gang but killed one of them during a gun battle.