Driver killed in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway robbery

An unidentified commercial bus driver was confirmed
dead while three passengers were critically injured
following a foiled robbery at Sapade Junction on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.
Spokesman for the Ogun Police Command, Muyiwa
Adejobi, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the
driver died when 10 armed robbers, who had laid
ambush on the expressway, shot sporadically in a bid
to escape from the police.
Adejobi said policemen from Ishara Division swung
into action when alerted and were able to dislodge
the bandits who were armed with AK 47 riffles and
other sophisticated weapons.
He, however, said the Police Commissioner,
Ikemefuna Okoye, had given directive to fish out the
robbers who escaped with bullets wounds.
Adejobi said the police boss warned that the
command would not tolerate any incident of robbery
in the state.
Also speaking on the incident, Ogun Sector
Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr.
Ayobami Omiyale, said the commercial bus involved
in the incident was marked Lagos XZ 271 FKJ.
Omiyale said the white bus was heading to Ibadan
from Lagos when the incident occurred at about 10
am.
"The robbers shot sporadically at the driver and of
course, he swerved into the bush before he died,
leaving three of the passengers injured and in critical
condition," he said.
He said the rescue team of the FRSC responded on
time, took the victims to the hospital and control led
traffic on the busy expressway.
The FRSC boss said the body of the driver had been
deposited at the mortuary of Olabisi Onabanjo
Teaching Hospital, Sagamu where the injured were
also receiving treatment.