“The robbers ambushed vehicles and were shooting into the air, forcing drivers to park, abandon their vehicles and run into bushes for safety.
“When the robbers, however, saw that Amotekun patrol team was coming for them, they fled the scene after operating on the road for almost an hour,’’ he said.Mr Adewinmbi added that after the robbers fled, a truck loaded with diesel and petrol but abandoned by its driver was recovered and taken to the Amotekun office in Osogbo.
He said the driver explained that they were travelling from Lagos and heading to Abuja through Lokoja when they were ambushed.
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