A robbery incident which led to
the death of two policemen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos on Wednesday night has exposed the porous security network at the
nation’s busiest Airport. The deadly looking robbers, numbering over 10,
beat the airport security network to unleash terror on the entire airport. They
also made away with huge amount of foreign currencies from some
bureau-de-change operators.
Tribune reports that the armed robbers had
entered the airport through the terminal zero, proceeded to the arrival hall
and penetrated the departure hall of the terminal.
The
robbers reportedly trailed a large amount of money transported in a bullion van
en route to Dubai to the departure lounge, they struck as as soon as the monies
were carried in bags to the departure lounge.
A
witness told Tribune that on entering the terminal, the
armed robbers ordered all the users of the airport to lie down while those who
refused to comply were shot at.
According
to Punch, the robbers were
said to have been engaged in a gun duel for about 30 minutes by policemen
attached to the airport. The gunfight, it was learnt, resulted in the death of
two policemen and one armed robber, who was said to have tied local magical
bands all over his arms and body.
The
General Manager, Corporate Communications at the Airport, Yakubu
Dati, confirmed the robbery.
Source BellaNaija
Source BellaNaija
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