Three people were killed and one was injured when unidentified gunmen broke into Gowon’s estate on Wednesday night in Lagos State’s Alimosho neighborhood.
Although their purpose at the Union Bank Building on 41 Road remained unknown, the police said that they had opened an investigation into the event.
SP Benjamin Hudenyin, a spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, reported that the incident took place at around 11.35 p.m.
According to him, the Gowon estate received a distress call about the invasion.
Hundeyin said when the Gowon Estate Police received the distress call, two patrol teams were immediately moved to the scene to put the situation under control.
He said: “While at the scene of shooting, the police recovered nine expended cartridges and a bunch of keys.”
He said the corpse of an unknown male was recovered at the Igando general Hospital and evacuated to the Mainland General Hospital, Yaba for preservation and autopsy.
According to him, “Further information to the police revealed that two male corpses were taken away by their families. One male survivor,Doba Ngoze, is currently on admission at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.”