Robbery gang causes panic in Lekki, escapes with speedboat

There was pandemonium at the Lekki area of Lagos Thursday evening as a band of bandits
stormed a branch of the FCMB on the Admiralty Way in Lekki Phase One Estate in Lagos.

The bandits reportedly dressed in military uniform killed one of the bank guards and made an escape, with a speedboat, via the nearby Lagoon.

They shot in the air, sporadically as they ran away with their loot, causing stampede by motorists.

Many people were said to have abandoned their cars on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link bridge, in the ensuing panic.

One report said policemen, who normally provide security on the bridge, exchanged fire with the bandits, but they were said to have fled, when they could not match the firepower of the bandits.