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Two suspected armed robbers have been shot during a gun exchange with the police in Shagamu, Ogun state, an official has said.
The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Sunday, and other members of the gang escaped with gunshot injuries.
The Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Monday, said the robbery operation was at the interchange area of Shagamu before the police intervened and shot dead two of the suspected armed robbers.
Mr Oyeyemi said the police responded to a distress call and the officers met the suspected robbers attacking one Agba Enoch, before they engaged them in a gun duel.