Armed Robbers on Wednesday robbed motorists and commuters heading to work of their hard-earned money and belongings on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
There were speculations that some persons were kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday but were denied by Lagos state police command, however, a day after robbers went on a rampage.
The hoodlums invaded the long bridge, causing motorists, traders, and residents to run for dear lives.
The robbers were said to have dispossessed people of their phones, cash, and other valuables at gunpoint.
Although the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered 24-hour surveillance of the highway, eyewitnesses said the hoodlums had a field day as there was no one to challenge them.
A man who was on the long bridge but wouldn’t mention his name confirmed the presence of policemen a few minutes after the criminals had left.
Police Spokesman in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed the incident, saying the robbers had escaped by what he called a ‘slim chance’, stating, however, that they will be apprehended.
“We are very sure they will all be apprehended within a short time,” he claimed.
Oyeyemi enjoined residents to go about their daily activities without any fear, assuring that policemen are on the trail of the robbers, who he claimed, escaped through a bushy part.
The construction work embarked upon by Julius Berger on the Berger end of the long bridge has caused traffic gridlock in the area since May when work started there.
The residents of Mowe-Ibafo who ply the route daily have now appealed to the federal government to help fix the street light on the bridge