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AT least five people may have been killed and several others injured, after armed robbers invaded Onihale Community along the Lagos/Abeokuta Express Road in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State Friday night.
The robbers, numbering 11, who stormed the community around 11pm in a Toyota Serena Car, targeted the Guinea Gold Filling station, killing three vigilante officials and a local security guard on duty. A female attendant, Sade Ogundele was also killed by the robbers, who carted away money and valuables, the amount of which could not be ascertained.
The robbers, stormed the service station in a commando manner, shot sporadically to scare people away. Two of the robbers were reportedly stationed on the express road to intimidate motorists, while nine others went straight for the security men and killed them instantly.
Sources revealed that all the vehicles buying fuel at that moment were raided and all the offices ransacked, while goods and money that could not be ascertained were looted.
While the robbers were having a field day, an attempt to shoot a male staff who jumped over the fence of the service station after he was robbed, led to the death of the female attendant, who was hit straight in the head with AK 47 riffle.
The officials of Onihale Community Association (CDA) and residents who narrated their experience, said the whole community was in panic for the period the robbery attack lasted.
They noted that the management of the service station had assisted the community since it came on board, adding that the incident is a great loss to the organisation.
At the home of the slain attendant, Sade, a Celestial Church of Christ member (CCC), in Ilepa, a stone throw from the scene, family and friends of the diseased have been thrown into mourning, as at the time of leaving the scene, her body is being awaited from the mortuary.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the incident. He however, said only two Vigilante officials were killed and an attendant injured.
He revealed that after the incident, Policemen attached to Onipanu unit intercepted the robbers and engaged them in a tough gun duel, which forced the robbers to flee with serious bullet wounds.
“They abandoned the vehicle they snatched at the scene of the robbery. We have recovered the guns of the slain Vigilante men at the robbery scene, and over 260 empty shell of AK 47 ammunition were recovered, which showed the magnitude of the attack,” he said.
As at the time of filing this report, the service station is still under lock and key. The broken windscreen of a vehicle parked inside the premise is still visible and water used to wash bloodstains of the victims is yet to dry up.
AT least five people may have been killed and several others injured, after armed robbers invaded Onihale Community along the Lagos/Abeokuta Express Road in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State Friday night.
The robbers, numbering 11, who stormed the community around 11pm in a Toyota Serena Car, targeted the Guinea Gold Filling station, killing three vigilante officials and a local security guard on duty. A female attendant, Sade Ogundele was also killed by the robbers, who carted away money and valuables, the amount of which could not be ascertained.
The robbers, stormed the service station in a commando manner, shot sporadically to scare people away. Two of the robbers were reportedly stationed on the express road to intimidate motorists, while nine others went straight for the security men and killed them instantly.
Sources revealed that all the vehicles buying fuel at that moment were raided and all the offices ransacked, while goods and money that could not be ascertained were looted.
While the robbers were having a field day, an attempt to shoot a male staff who jumped over the fence of the service station after he was robbed, led to the death of the female attendant, who was hit straight in the head with AK 47 riffle.
The officials of Onihale Community Association (CDA) and residents who narrated their experience, said the whole community was in panic for the period the robbery attack lasted.
They noted that the management of the service station had assisted the community since it came on board, adding that the incident is a great loss to the organisation.
At the home of the slain attendant, Sade, a Celestial Church of Christ member (CCC), in Ilepa, a stone throw from the scene, family and friends of the diseased have been thrown into mourning, as at the time of leaving the scene, her body is being awaited from the mortuary.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the incident. He however, said only two Vigilante officials were killed and an attendant injured.
He revealed that after the incident, Policemen attached to Onipanu unit intercepted the robbers and engaged them in a tough gun duel, which forced the robbers to flee with serious bullet wounds.
“They abandoned the vehicle they snatched at the scene of the robbery. We have recovered the guns of the slain Vigilante men at the robbery scene, and over 260 empty shell of AK 47 ammunition were recovered, which showed the magnitude of the attack,” he said.
As at the time of filing this report, the service station is still under lock and key. The broken windscreen of a vehicle parked inside the premise is still visible and water used to wash bloodstains of the victims is yet to dry up.
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