Photo: Innocent People Killed In Alaba Market By Robbers During Bank Raid On Tuesday

It was a horrible, bloody Tuesday at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos,
when a gang of heavily armed robbers attacked staff of new generation bank who
were transferring money from a branch of the bank to another.
The armed robbers killed two policemen and four others in the process, while
several other passerbys sustained injuries during the escape bid of the bandits
who snatched a large sum of money from the bank staff.
According to Vanguard, the bandits had positioned themselves at a strategic
location in the market and opened fire on sighting them, killing the policemen and
a yet to be identified woman on the spot before snatching the money.
The bandits were also said to have shot indiscriminately in a bid to escape which
led to the death of three other persons whose identities are yet to be ascertained.
When Vanguard visited the market, most of the traders were seen in clusters
talking about the incident.
Some of them blamed the bank for not providing enough security while making
huge cash transfer, while others called on the police authorities to track down the
hoodlums.