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Gunmen Kidnap Petrol Station Manager, Attendant In Ikorodu

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The manager of a popular petrol station and one of its female attendants have been kidnapped in the Agbowa area of Ikorodu, in Lagos.

The gunmen are alleged to have arrived at the petrol station in a Toyota Camry car earlier in the morning and taken away the victims.

On receiving information about the abduction, a police patrol team moved to the scene but was attacked by the gunmen.

The inspector who led the team was seriously injured in a shootout with the gunmen and is being treated at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

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