The robbery that took place on Monday was tragic not only for the banks involved, but also for the residents around the area.
Yesterday morning, there was pandemonium in 4th Avenue, Festac area of Lagos State, when some heavily armed bandits numbering 40 invaded a popular commercial bank and carted away huge sum of money.
It was learnt that during the operation, which lasted for hours, a woman, Jane Beluchukwu-Ndirika, and her 14-month-old daughter, Nmesoma, 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.
Both mother and child later died as a result of injuries they sustained from the bullet, while a commercial motorcyclist, who was also hit by stray bullets reportedly died later in an undisclosed private hospital.
A resident who was present during the incident said:
"While the shooting was going on, every one laid on the floor in their respective apartments. I was with Jane in her parlour while her child was inside the room. Suddenly, the child started crying and the mother stood up to carry her.
As she was coming to the sitting room with the baby, a stray bullet perforated the window, hit the baby in the chest and also got the mother on the left side of her shoulder.
Immediately, she took the child back to the room and started shouting for help. Nobody came to her rescue because people were running helter-skelter for dear life."
Our condolences goes out to Jane’s family and loved ones.
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