Gunmen rob Lagos police inspector, two shot dead .

A police inspector, who had just left a commercial bank on Okunola Road in the Idimu area of Lagos State around 11.45am, was attacked and robbed by a three-man gang, which came on a motorcycle on Monday. They reportedly shot the inspector in the jaw before dispossessing him of his money. . . While the robbers were escaping from the scene, a police patrol team, attached to the Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Intelligence Unit, engaged the robbers in a shootout.Two of the robbers were reportedly killed during the exchange, while a surviving member of the gang, identified as Gafaru Ismail, was arrested. . . Punch learnt that two pistols were recovered from the gang.The injured police inspector, who was not in uniform at the time of the attack, was reportedly rushed to a general hospital in the area, while the slain robbers and the suspect were taken to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja. . . A police source told PUNCH Metro that the corpses had been deposited in a morgue in Ikeja while the police inspector was responding to treatment. He said, “They brought the corpses and the suspect to SARS around 1pm. Their bodies were riddled with bullets. The ammunition has also been handed over. The injured police officer was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he is now responding to treatment. “The surviving robber is undergoing interrogation at SARS. We learnt that the gang had successfully robbed a bank customer before attacking the policeman. “That road has already been placed on red alert because it is close to where pipeline vandals do their deals. “The suspect, Ismail, has been on the wanted list of the command for cases of armed robbery. Items recovered from the gang were two pistols, four live ammunition and one motorcycle