Agege and Ikeja areas of Lagos State were literally turned into a theatre of war yesterday after a gang of robbers engaged a team of policemen attached to the Lagos State Security outfit, Rapid Response Squad, RRS, in a marathon shootout.
The gun battle which eye witnesses said lasted for more than 30 minutes resulted in the death of three policemen, a commercial bus driver and three civilians.
An official of Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, was also badly wounded around Anthony area by the fleeing robbers.
Sources said the bandits started operation by invading a bureau-de-change at Oke-Koto, Agege where they reportedly killed three civilians. A team of RRS men on routine patrol in the area reportedly raced to the scene but encountered the fleeing bandits around Oba Akran Avenue and Medical road in the ever-busy Ikeja roundabout.