Police escort repels robbery, but pays supreme price

A police escort providing security backup for some staff members of a sanitary pad company died after sustaining gunshot wounds during an attack by robbers.

The officer identified as Inspector Stephen Oruaman from the Aguda Police Division, Lagos State, engaged the robbers in a gun duel when he escorted the staff members in a Kia Rio car to a bank in Apapa to withdraw money which ran into millions of naira.

According to reports, the police Inspector had arrived the bank with the staff members of the sanitary pad company located at Sanya Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, when the robbers ambushed them.

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According to a witness, Oruaman on sighting the robbers opened fire and a gun duel ensued afterwards as he sustained serious gun wounds and was later rushed to a hospital where he gave up the ghost.

The witness said; “The incident happened on Thursday, August 30. Inspector Oruaman was on station guard that day at the Aguda Police Station where he worked. Around 11am, he escorted the company to a bank in Apapa to withdraw money.

“As they were waiting outside the company’s premises for the gatekeeper to open the gate, some hoodlums suddenly appeared on a motorcycle and started shooting. The inspector, while trying to repel the attack, responded to the shooting. He was shot in the process, but the robbery was botched. A police team that was mobilised to the scene took him to LUTH, but he could not make it.”

The incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Chike Oti, who revealed that the Inspector’s rifle, the robbers’ operational motorcycle and the money were recovered from the scene of the incident.

 

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