The early hours of Wednesday witnessed bravery never seen on the road as Motorists and their passengers, fought back four gunmen dressed in black and were on a robbing spree on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos/Ibadan Express-way.
As usual they robbers took advantage of the traffic snarl and were going from car to car at at about 5.55a.m terrorising commuters.
But events took a twist when the drivers and their passengers mounted a counter attack pelting the hoodlums with stones and with whatever they could lay their hands on.
A witness and an occupant of one the vehicles narrated their ordeal
He said: “The journey was very smooth from Mowe, but as we approached the Long Bridge, the driver was advised to be alert because of the perennial gridlock ahead.
“Shortly after, the driver sighted the robbers on the bridge stopping and robbing road users.
“People were scared and many drivers and passengers abandoned their vehicles and fled in different directions.
“Fortunately, one of the road users shouted at the top of his voice, advising co-road users to stop running and to face the gunmen.
“This was how the road users pelted the suspects with stones, while some drivers brought out cutlasses and rods to face the suspects.
“Sensing danger, the suspects descended the bridge and disappeared.”
That section of the road has become a black spot for crime. It was reported that people have been kidnapped on the bridge because the traffic hold up caused by construction works on the road.
Bad Spot...Road users trapped on the Otedola bridge where crime is rampant.