Police kill five robbery suspects

The operatives of the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad (SARS), led by
Superintendent of Police (SP) Abba Kyari,
yesterday killed five armed robbery
suspects after they allegedly murdered
two police officers on Lagos Island and
Ajao Estate.
The suspects, police sources said, first
operated on Lagos Island at about
3.30pm, killing a police officer, after
which they stormed Ajao Estate where
they killed another policeman and
ransacked some buildings and a
warehouse.
Promptly, the Commissioner of Police,
Lagos State Command, Umar Manko,
ordered that the suspects be arrested.
This prompted men of the Kyari-led team
to lay ambush at various spots.
An exchange of gunfire was said to have
ensued between the bandits and the
policemen. “The robbers operated with a
Honda Odyssey vehicle marked DL249
FST in which four of them were shot
dead. Their leader, Godogodo and two
others, escaped. When his second-in-
command, Gasiu Mental, attempted to
escape, Kyari shot him and he was
arrested. He later died on the way to the
hospital after he had confessed that his
gang leader sustained fatal bullet
injuries,” said a police source.
The SARS operatives recovered their
vehicle in which they discovered two
automatic pump-action rifles, four pistols
and one revolver. Goods, including
cartons of blackberry phones, Iphone and
Samsung phones, among others, were
also found in the vehicle.
Police spokesperson, Deputy
Superintendent (DSP) Ngozi Braide
confirmed the incident.