A gang of armed robbers yesterday attacked a patrol team of
policemen at Opako, on Abeokuta-Lagos old road, leaving one officer
identified as Mukaila, seriously injured while others escaped with gun
shots wounds. The robbers were said to be returning from a successful
robbery operation in Abeokuta, the state capital.According to an eye-witness, the robbers, numbering about ten, attacked the policemen on their way out of the state after they dispossessed an oil dealer of N3.5 million at Panseke in Abeokuta.
Vanguard gathered that the robbers had struck at Panseke, opposite a popular eatery and immediately headed towards Adigbe road to link Obada Oko via Abeokuta/Lagos road before they met some policemen on patrol at Opako.
It was learnt that a white bus which was ahead of the gang’s vehicle suddenly stopped at Opako bus stop to alert the Police team, which forced the robbers to make a u-turn few meters after the stop and search point and attacked the officers.
The source told Vanguard that, the gun duel lasted for about 30 minutes after which it was discovered that Mukaila had sustained severe injury in his arm as bullets reportedly shattered his left hand.
When Vanguard visited the scene, it was discovered that a nearby slaughter slab had been deserted while the place looked like a ghost town as the butchers and their customers scampered for safety.
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