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The bank customer identified as Kingsley Chukwudi was shot by gunmen on Thursday.
He was killed in the Apapa area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred in the morning while the young man was leaving the bank.
It was gathered that the gunmen who rode on a power bike, allegedly trailed the victim to the bank and shot him.
The Nation reports that they also carted away his bag containing laptop, money and other valuables.
It was learnt that a combined tram of Rapid Response Squad (RRS)
operatives and policemen attached to the Apapa Division have been on the
lookout for the suspects who fled immediately they shot the victim.
A source who hinted on the incident said the robbers probably thought that the victim was carrying huge money in the bag.
“He has entered the bank and was leaving when he was shot. He
was a security guard. He was carrying his laptop bag and the robbers
thought he was going to deposit money into the bank but the young man
was just carrying his laptop bag.
“His body was taken to Area B Police Command in Apapa, which attracted crowd because he was a very good person,” the source said.
Efforts to get the state command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a
Superintendent of Police (SP) to comment on the issue failed as at the
time of filing this report.
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