Art of War: Police declare on Criminals and Robbers in Lagos

Angered by the recent killing of five policemen in Lagos State by some armed robbers, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Umar Manko,has declared an all-out war against criminals in all the nooks and crannies of the state. Manko is believed to have given special directives to the officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Abba Kyari, to fish out the criminals that perpetrated the act without delay.


The first incident occurred midday, last Tuesday, after some gunmen suspected to be armed robbers attacked a police patrol van along Ijora-Olopa area of the state. The policemen were shot from behind while in a moving patrol vehicle. Police sources said the suspects who were three in number, were operating on motorbike and dressed in caftan. “They took advantage of a down pour to hit the policemen who were five in the vehicle. Three of the policemen died on the spot while the fourth sustained injuries with the driver escaping unhurt,” the source stated.

The second incident occurred around 11pm, on the same day, in Iju-Ishaga area of the state, when a gang of heavily armed robbers attacked residents of the area and killed two policemen while two others were left with severe bullet wounds. Sources intimated Crime Alert that the policemen attached to Iju Police division met their untimely death while responding to a distress call. Their patrol vehicle was fired upon after it was ambushed by the gang of armed robbers who were operating with three Sport Utility Vehicles.

It was gathered that immediately after these killings took place, the visibly angry police boss swung into action and ordered all the relevant departments of the force involved in fishing out criminals to either get the pepertrators or face the music. He was specifically quoted as saying that the ‘criminals have come to a deadly end because they must pay for their bloody act.’

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