Reports reveal that the unknown gunmen on the Lekki-Ikoyi road. The men are reportedly dressed in military uniforms and shooting sporadically.
This information broke via social media, by commuters were actually on the road as at the time this report was prepared, looking to access the media or security forces. It is still unclear whether the gunmen are robbers or are assassins. An alleged witness Adisa Akintayo on the scene, who has been live tweeting the incidence tweeted at media personality Omojuwa that “Car to car assassination taking place. @omojuwa” he tweeted
— AKINTAYO ADISA (@AKINTAYOADISA) MARCH 12, 2015
Another tweet however speculated that a UBA bank on the Lekki road was the target of the robbers and they made their getaway using speedboats after shooting for many minutes.
Another tweeter who was allegedly on the scene said “I left my keys in the ignition and ran from the new toll gate to the Tantalizers and took a bike from there”
LindaIkeji reported the daredevil robbers also attacked an FCMB on Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1. They reportedly came via a speed boat and escaped via the same means. The robbers were dressed in military uniforms. Th robbers also gunned down three police officers who were in a patrol van in the area, a couple other civilians and a girl hawking also got hit by stray bullets.
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