Armed Robbers said to have attacked a bank along Admiralty way Lekki, killing three policemen and a teenage fish hawker in a deadly shoot-out.

Channels TV gathered that the robbers, in their bid to escape through the link bridge to Ikoyi after robbing a bank in Lekki, encountered the policemen.

According to an eyewitness report, the police men and robbers exchanged gunshots for about 30 minutes.

Motorists abandoned their vehicles on the road and fled while the shooting lasted.

The robbers were said to have eventually jumped into a speed boat and escaped through the water.