By Albert Akpor

LAGOS-FOUR persons including a London- based Nigerian were shot dead, weekend, in Lekki area of Lagos after a gang of armed robbers raided a filling station (names withheld) in the area.

Police sources said the armed gang, numbering about ten, had laid siege to the station and was attacking customers as they drove into the station to fill their tanks.  According to sources, the London-based Nigerian identified as Kunle Atanda who was in the country to attend the burial ceremony of his mother- in-law, had unsuspectingly driven into the station when he was confronted by gun wielding men.  
 
He was immediately shot in the leg and asked to lie face down even when he reportedly begged the hoodlums to spare him, stressing that he only visited the country a few days ago.  But his plea was turned down by the armed men who robbed as many customers as possible of their valuables including cash before shooting their way to escaped.  

Vanguard learnt that a team of policemen later arrived the scene moments after the robbers left.