Terror scare is worsening on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as gunmen dressed in military uniforms reportedly again struck on Tuesday.
They were said to have attacked commuters in the Shagamu area of the road.
This happened about two weeks after a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Aagbaje, was kidnapped alongside five others on the road.
As ‘The Punch’ reports, the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the road from the bush before the Shagamu Interchange en route Lagos and started shooting sporadically at motorists in the 18-passenger inter-state bus.
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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.
According to one of the victims who craved anonymity, “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.
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“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.”
