Mob sets banks ablaze after policeman shoots trailer drivers dead in Lagos

A mob reportedly set two banks in Apapa, Lagos, on fire after a policeman attached to Diamond Bank on Burma Road allegedly shot dead some trailer drivers.

According to reports, the mob also set a Sterling Bank branch on Wharf Road ablaze.

It was gathered that the trailer drivers, indiscriminately parked in front of the bank.

Policemen from Rapid Response Squad, anti-riot squad and Area B command, as well as operatives from the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECEOFT have been deployed to the scene of the incident.

UCJ, UNILORIN.