VIDEOS & PHOTOS: #LEKKI UNDER SIEGE - 4 Feared Dead As Gunmen Invade Lekki Phase 1, Lagos

REPORTS: Gunmen Thursday [Mar. 12] evening, invaded a branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at Plot B, Waterfront Plaza, Admiralty Way, Lekki
Image Source: Twitter

Unconfirmed reports have that gunmen at about 5:00pm Thursday [Mar. 12], invaded a branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at Plot B, Waterfront Plaza, Admiralty Way, Lekki, killing at least four people

VIDEO:

Reports say among the four people killed were three police escorts of a passing civilian Coaster bus and a fish seller. The robbers, numbering at least 12, arrived via a boat, and immediately began firing gunshots into the air in an operation that lasted about 25 minutes.

The scene of Lekki siege is as captured below:

PICTURED: Gunmen Thursday [Mar. 12] evening, invaded a branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at Plot B, Waterfront Plaza, Admiralty Way, Lekki
Image Source: Twitter

Developing Story…

Road 14 Lekki 1 gun fire. Under siege. @omojuwa
— Teeboy (@akintayoadisa) March 12, 2015

Pls. If u love ur life stay away from Lekki 1. Road 14 junction under siege. @omojuwa pic.twitter.com/IdXt1LMNyu
— Teeboy (@akintayoadisa) March 12, 2015

Car to car assassination taking place. @omojuwa
— Teeboy (@akintayoadisa) March 12, 2015

Assault still ongoing. These guys came prepared. @omojuwa
— Teeboy (@akintayoadisa) March 12, 2015

VIDEOS BELOW: Multiple exchange of Gunshots

#VIDEO"@akintayoadisa: video of the siege at LEKKI 1. Road 14 junction pic.twitter.com/ANhOVIeX95 #ROBBERY @Gidi_Traffic
— GIDITRAFFIC (@Gidi_Traffic) March 12, 2015

The lekki Ikoyi robbery is not even a joke! Stay clear!!

A video posted by Somto Obi (@obisomto) on Mar 12, 2015 at 9:50am PDT

My God, sporadic gunshots in phase 1 around Ikoyi roundabout @Gidi_Traffic @omojuwa
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

Motorists have abandoned their cars, don't really know where the robbers are robbing.@omojuwa @Gidi_Traffic
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

This country, how long, i can't believe what i just witnessed in Lekki phase 1 by Ikoyi bridge. I' m literally still shaking as i type this
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

The robbery is over and robbers have escaped on a boat. This is not a country! @Gidi_Traffic
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

All the policemen @ d roundabout all hid until the robbery was over. I weep for what we have become! @omojuwa @Gidi_Traffic
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

The robbery is over and robbers have escaped on a boat. This is not a country! @omojuwa
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

I saw heavily armed robbers walking the streets with all boldness and shooting for over 15mins nonstop! Won't forget dt in a long while.
— SOTEKIDS (@Tundun) March 12, 2015

UPDATE:

Four people were killed today after a gang of armed robbers invaded the branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) at Plot B, Waterfront Plaza, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos state.

According to a witness, the four people were three police escorts of a passing civilian Coaster bus and a fish seller. The robbers, numbering at least 12, had arrived a few minutes before 5pm via a boat, and immediately began firing gunshots into the air in an operation that lasted exactly 25 minutes.

“It was a well-coordinated attack,” the witness said. “The robbers arrived in military camouflage and immediately distributed themselves, three of them manning each of the four exits of the bank. As I am talking to you now, the bodies of the three policemen that were killed are still on the ground.” He added that after forcing their way into the banking hall, the robbers immediately announced their intention, and everyone cooperated with them.

“Nobody was killed inside the bank because once they announced that they were robbers, everyone, including bank staff, cooperated. “So it was a successful operation for them, because they made away with a lot of money. They even hacked into the ATMs and carted away the money stuffed there.”