Armed robbers on Sunday aatcked the Marine Police Post of the Lagos State Police Command in the Epe area of Lagos state. During the attack, the robbers exchanged gunfire with policemen while they attempted to steal the station’s gunboat and ammunitions.
According to Punch, the robbers, who were about 20, came in a speedboat to the Marine beach at about 12.00am.
Fortunately, policemen from the Epe division, the Rapid Response Squad and the Counter-Terrorism Unit, were mobilised to the scene to repel the attack.
A police source said that the robbers, who escaped in their boat, riddled the station with bullets. The gunboat, which they attempted to steal, sank.
He said:
“It was at about 12am that the militants invaded the Marine Police Post, Epe. Their mission was to kill the policemen and dismantle the security structures around the place so that they could embark on a bank robbery maybe on Monday.
“The gunfire lasted for several minutes, and the whole area was riddled with bullets. Eventually, they succeeded in sinking the gunboat. No policeman was killed but some might have been injured by the bullets.”
It was learnt that the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, went to the station on Sunday and assessed the damage.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, who confirmed the attack, said the CP had directed that the area be electrified and the gunboat replaced.
Offor added that the police had increased surveillance in the area and that everything was back to normal.
He said:
“The Epe Divisional Police Officer, the Rapid Response Squad and the CTU repelled the gunmen. The CP visited the place and ordered that the beach be electrified.
“The area commander, the DPO and other officers have made efforts to recover the gunboat. We are still working on it and we have fortified the area. Banks have been asked to go on with their usual activities, and there is no cause for alarm.
“No arrests have been made so far. Efforts are on to replace the gunboat.”
33 comments:
Hmmm, na waoh
Na wa o.
#It WiLL oNly gEt beTTer
#It MuSt eNd In Praise
Nice 1 guyz
Lib. Freak
Some ppl's desperation cannot be fathomed o
This one is strong...Eleyi gidigan
They're daring, attacking police stations
Ubanagum
Getting worse by d day
Irony of life
Hmmm
See razz mind
That vuvuzela P guy
Replace the gunboat or recover the gunboat? Which one?
Hmmmmmmmm okay....
Ironic this incidence!
Sink ko, sink ni...des robbers av made away wit d gun boat. Smh for naija police.
Sink ko, sink ni...des robbers av made away wit d gun boat. Smh for naija police.
Imagine liver, these are some bold robbers, tho our poilce force no too make sense, am surprised they dint run sef
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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More of this is on the way though....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
This crazy
Seyilicious
How daring of them...
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Dem ready for dem
For real
Hian! Omo see boldness o! Dis is a big slap to the NPF. Linda take note!
Hian! Omo see boldness o! Dis is a big slap to the NPF. Linda take note!
Thank goodness no life was lost.
Trust me. The robbers left with the gunboat and even much more. Kai. Naija police! Gunboat sank Ko....sing ni
Let's hear live report, that where the truth lies, not this police reformed story.... No life was lost ko, no be naija we dey
May God catch them one by one.
Na yahoo boys then Dani catch useless pple
If police was robbed and the gun boat catered away, whatz the guarantee/assurance of securing lives and properties.
Only in Nigeria
When we get to a level were robbers now attack Police stations to destabilize them ahead of a planned robbery, then it can't be any worse. This is why helicopters are needed really cos it would have been easier to go after them by air and raid them.
If I hear! Dem don successfully steal d boat now police de claim Titanic.
On point
Na wa o! May God protect us....
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