A mob earlier today set two banks in Apapa, Diamond and Sterling bank Lagos on fire after a mobile policeman attached to Diamond Bank on Burma Road al
A mob earlier today set two banks in Apapa, Diamond and Sterling bank Lagos on fire after a mobile policeman attached to Diamond Bank on Burma Road allegedly shot dead some tanker drivers.
It was gathered that the trailer drivers had indiscriminately parked in front of the bank. An argument was said to have ensued and the mobile policeman shot dead three of the tanker drivers. Sensing trouble, he immediately ran for safety to avoid being lynched into Sterling Bank which wasn’t too far from Diamond bank on Wharf road.
Angered by the killing and the bank’s refusal to hand over the policeman to them, the driver’s colleagues moved to set the bank ablaze, destroying properties and other valuables. The security operatives attached to the branch prevented the mob from entering the branch while evacuating staff and customers before the arrival of police reinforcement. The branch has now been temporarily shut down.
Policemen from Rapid Response Squad, anti-riot squad and Area B command, as well as operatives from the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECEOFT were quickly deployed to the scene of the incident.
Sterling bank Apapa has since been shut down temporarily and have put out a statement to inform customers to
make use of other branches.
