Concrete reports have started emanating from the ill-fated Festac bank robbery that took place in broad daylight with conflicting reports about the number of casualties.
Front view of Access bank, 4th Avenue, where the robbers attacked
The gun battle between a group of policemen and some armed robbers in the early hours of Tuesday, October 13, 2015 turned deadly as a woman and her 14-month-old baby were hit by the robbers’ stray bullets and died.
The woman, identified as Mrs. Jane Ndirieka and her baby were hit in their house by stray bullets from the robbers shooting spree. It was learnt that the victim’s neighbours said at their 4th Avenue flat say that Mrs. Ndirieka was shot twice, one in the chest and another in the right shoulder while she carried her baby. Her baby died on the spot while she was rushed to the hospital.
While on the way to the government’s general hospital, she died in the car and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The gang of at least 20 armed robbers dressed in army fatigues who stormed 4th Avenue, Festac Town would have attacked the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) located on the same street with Access Bank and Diamond Bank which were robbed, but for the intervention of an O’odua Peoples Congress (OPC) guard who single-handedly repelled them.
The Trent reports that the guard popularly called Agbashe, was said to have shot back at the robbers who targeted FCMB as the third bank in a chain of deadly attacks which left a trail of blood.
Attempts by the robbers to gun down Agbashe proved abortive as their bullets failed to hit at him. While, his shots repelled the robbers. On noticing that their bullets were not affecting the OPC guard, the robbers abandoned their plan to rob the bank and fled.
Eye-witnesses who spoke with The Trent, said it was like watching a movie and Agbashe operated like he had a bullet-proof shield. They believe he was using a ‘juju’, African charm.
The police reportedly arrived at least 30 minutes after the robbers escaped in their boats after carting away unspecified amount of money from the two affected banks.
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The robbers' bullets hit a car in the Payless Car Shop beside Diamond Bank
The robbers' bullets hit a car, shattering the windscreen, in the Payless Car Shop beside Diamond Bank
The entrance of Diamond Bank which was robbed in the early hours of the morning around 8am
Bullet holes left behind by robber's shots seen in a flat opposite the bank, two flats away from the flat of the woman who was killed with her baby
The marks left by the bullet on the walls of the victim, Mrs. Jane Ndirieka showing the point where
the robbers' bullets passed through hitting her, killing her and her baby in Festac
The door of the house of the victim, Mrs. Jane Ndirieka showing the point where the robbers' bullets passed through
18-month-old baby died on the spot after being hit during a gun battle between the police and armed robbers
The gang of at least 20 armed robbers dressed in army fatihues who stormed 4th Avenue, Festac Town would have attacked the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) located on the same street with Access Bank and Diamond Bank which were robbed, but for the intervention of an O’odua Peoples Congress (OPC) guard who single-handedly repelled them.
The Trent reports that the guard popularly called Agbashe, was said to have shot back at the robbers who targeted FCMB as the third bank in a chain of deadly attacks which left a trail of blood.
Attempts by the robbers to gun down Agbashe proved abortive as their bullets failed to hit at him. While, his shots repelled the robbers. On noticing that their bullets were not affecting the OPC guard, the robbers abandoned their plans to rob the bank and fled.
Eye-witnesses who spoke with The Trent, said it was like watching a movie and Agbashe operated like he had a bullet-proof shield. They believe he was using a ‘juju’, African charm.
The police reportedly arrived at least 30 minutes after the robbers escaped in their boats after carting away unspecified amount of money from the two affected banks. - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/10/graphic-photos-from-todays-bank-robbery.html#sthash.PiYBuX5G.dpuf