Gunmen attack commuters on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

On Tuesday, commuters travelling on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were attacked by gunmen dressed in military uniforms.

The bush before the Sagamu Interchange en route Lagos was were the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed out of the road from and began shooting sporadically at motorists in the 18-passenger inter-state bus.

According to one of the victims “We (passengers) were only lucky to escape the gunmen but many of us have been injured by the bullets and our bus has been badly damaged too.”

Another video shows a man who survived bullet wounds recounting his experience saying, “I thought I was dead, having been shot by them.

“They faced our vehicle shooting at us, we all lay down except the driver who was the target. They thought we were all dead and retreated into the bush.

“The joint patrol team of police officers from Ogun and Oyo states arrived at the scene later.

All attempts to reach the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, for further details proved abortive as of the time of filing his report. He did not take his calls nor replied to the text message sent to his phone.

(Punch)