Hoodlums pretending to be passengers boarded a LAGBUS
vehicle en route to Oshodi, Lagos State, from the Sango end of the
Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway with other passengers. The bandit, who numbered about
30 jumped inside the vehicle and started dispossessing passengers of their
valuables.
One of the gang members was said to be armed with a gun,
while others wielded cutlasses, knives, sticks, among others.
The bus
conductor, a lady, managed to escape after the robbers had collected the money
on her. She was said to have alerted passersby to the robbery. Having seen that
a mob was advancing towards the scene, it was gathered that the robbers took to
their heels. The mob was said to have nabbed and beat up three of the suspects.
It was said to have taken the intervention of operatives of
the Alagbado Police Division to rescue the suspects from the mob.
Police say that three suspects were in custody. The Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the
incident.
“The suspects are with us while investigation continues.
Efforts are being made to apprehend other members of the gang,” he added.
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