Some men suspected to be armed robbers were apprehended by a team of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, along Yenizue-Epie new Road, Yenagoa Bayelsa state. The incident was said to have occurred on Saturday, 13th October.

According to reports, the armed robbers were given a chase by angry mob after they had successfully robbed a man identified as a school principal, who retrieved cash from the bank for payment of teacher’s salaries.

The robbers met their Waterloo while trying to escape through the Sani-Abacha expressway route by the aforementioned location after a heavy shootout between the robbers and the police.

One of the robbers was shot, and arrested alongside his colleagues.