Four persons, including a police corporal, were killed
when suspected assassins tried to kill the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of
the Young Shall Grow Motors, Vincent Obianodo.
It was gathered that a police corporal, a driver and two suspected assassins were killed after a protracted gun battle at Festac area of Lagos State. Obianodo was shot in the hand during the gun duel.
The assassins tried to kill the transporter but were given a tough battle by policemen attached to him.
The assassins were believed to have trailed the transporter as he left the office until he reached his home at 4th Avenue, Festac before they launched the surprised attack on him.
The assassins were however surprised when the police fought to keep bullets from hitting the CEO.
When the smoke from the blazing guns settled, four corpses were on ground, while the CEO was nursing a bullet inflicted wound on his hand.
Among the dead were two members of the assassins gang, a police corporal and a driver.
The policeman has been identified as Ngozi Chijioke. It was also learnt that ‘E’ commander, Dan Okoro, who was alerted, immediately drafted a team of policemen that raced to the scene.
A source insisted that the way the killers opened fire on Obianodo showed they were determined to kill him.
Police spokesperson in Lagos State, Ngozi Braide, said Obianodo was attacked at 22 Road, Festac Town.
Briade said: “The hoodlums opened fire at him and his driver was shot dead.
“Obianodo was shot on the hand and the police corporal with him was killed.”
According to Braide, a patrol team heard sporadic gunshot and raced towards the direction the gun sounds were coming from.
She added that the bandits also opened fire at the sight of the patrol team.
Her words: “Our men retaliated and the place was like a battlefield.
“When the dust settled, the police shot dead two of the men and others escaped with bullet wounds.”
Braide said that a Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle, which the killers came with, was covered with bullet holes, adding that police recovered one AK 47, one AK 49 riffles and eight magazines loaded with ammunition.
She said that only investigation will reveal the reason behind the attack.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, bent on apprehending the fleeing killers, has urged all hospitals and members of the public to report anyone with bullet wounds to the nearest police station.
It was gathered that a police corporal, a driver and two suspected assassins were killed after a protracted gun battle at Festac area of Lagos State. Obianodo was shot in the hand during the gun duel.
The assassins tried to kill the transporter but were given a tough battle by policemen attached to him.
The assassins were believed to have trailed the transporter as he left the office until he reached his home at 4th Avenue, Festac before they launched the surprised attack on him.
The assassins were however surprised when the police fought to keep bullets from hitting the CEO.
When the smoke from the blazing guns settled, four corpses were on ground, while the CEO was nursing a bullet inflicted wound on his hand.
Among the dead were two members of the assassins gang, a police corporal and a driver.
The policeman has been identified as Ngozi Chijioke. It was also learnt that ‘E’ commander, Dan Okoro, who was alerted, immediately drafted a team of policemen that raced to the scene.
A source insisted that the way the killers opened fire on Obianodo showed they were determined to kill him.
Police spokesperson in Lagos State, Ngozi Braide, said Obianodo was attacked at 22 Road, Festac Town.
Briade said: “The hoodlums opened fire at him and his driver was shot dead.
“Obianodo was shot on the hand and the police corporal with him was killed.”
According to Braide, a patrol team heard sporadic gunshot and raced towards the direction the gun sounds were coming from.
She added that the bandits also opened fire at the sight of the patrol team.
Her words: “Our men retaliated and the place was like a battlefield.
“When the dust settled, the police shot dead two of the men and others escaped with bullet wounds.”
Braide said that a Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle, which the killers came with, was covered with bullet holes, adding that police recovered one AK 47, one AK 49 riffles and eight magazines loaded with ammunition.
She said that only investigation will reveal the reason behind the attack.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, bent on apprehending the fleeing killers, has urged all hospitals and members of the public to report anyone with bullet wounds to the nearest police station.
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