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2 robbers killed in gun battle

By RUTH Chukwuemeka

LAGOS—An eight-man robbery gang, yesterday, allegedly engaged a team of policemen in  a gun duel that lasted 20 minutes in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos.

At the end of the gun duel, two suspected members of the gang were killed while others escaped.

Report said the robbers had stormed Jebba/Ondo streets, dispossessing motorists and commuters of cash and other valuables, when a team of policemen from Denton division on patrol  swopped on them, resulting the shoot-out.