The scary robbery that shook Festac Area of Lagos yesterday, unfortunately claimed the lives of a mother and her young child.
During the gruesome robbery attack that lasted hours, on Tuesday morning, October 13, a two-year-old toddler, Mmesoma Ndirika, and her mother, Jane, who were inside their apartment in an adjoining building, were reportedly hit by stray bullets from the bandits who were shooting sporadically in all directions.
Reports said both mother and child later died as a result of injuries they sustained from the bullet.
A commercial motorcyclist who was also hit by stray bullets reportedly died later in an undisclosed private hospital.
However, police authorities said they were able to recover about N27 million and other rounds of arms and ammunition abandoned by the bandits while fleeing from the scene. They could not give specific figure of casualties.
According to reports, the bandits who were dressed in military camouflage uniforms, attacked the banks after alighting from boats at a nearby canal.
They reportedly used dynamite to destroy the security entrance gates after which they gained entry into the banks.