There was pandemonium yesterday morning 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.
DAILY POST learnt that during the operation, which lasted for hours, a two-year-old toddler, Mmesoma Ndirika, and her mother, Jane, 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.
Reports said both mother and child later died as a result of injuries they sustained from the bullet.
A commercial motorcyclist, who was also hit by stray bullets reportedly died later in an undisclosed private hospital.
Report says it took the Police more than one and half hours to respond.
However, police authorities said they were able to recover about N27 million and other rounds of arms and ammunition abandoned by the bandits while fleeing from the scene.
It was gathered that the bandits, who were clad in military camouflage uniforms, attacked the banks after alighting from boats at a nearby canal.
They reportedly used dynamite to destroy the security entrance gates after which they gained entry into the banks.
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