20 robbers strike in Ogun, kill six

Hell was let lose on Saturday in Ifo community in Ifo local government area of Ogun State when armed robbers, numbering about 20, invaded the area and killed six people including five operatives of the Ogun State Vigilante Service. Sunday Vanguard learnt that the robbers were members of a gang that specialized in robbing banks and allied institutions. The robbers, who allegedly operated in an unmarked lorry, entered a filling station and shot the five men of the Vigilante Service guarding the place. One of the petrol station attendants was also said to be unlucky as the robbers bullets hit him and he died on the spot. The robbers were reportedly said to have engaged men of the StateAnti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in a gun duel before they escaped. When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident but stressed that only two persons were killed.