Nigeria: 50-Man Robbery Gang On the Rampage, Raids Apapa

26 January 2007

Lagos — BY design, it was to be a massive operation, and a highly lucrative one for that matter.

Thus, the players came fully prepared as soldiers would for a war. A rundown of the weapons: a coaster bus-load of 50 robbers; seven gas cylinders; 2 AK-47 assault rifles, 8 magazines; three sledge hammers and hundreds of ammunition and apparently for effect, a Pathfinder Jeep.

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