The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 4

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 4

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They got up as the driver
pulled the bus out of the park
and parked it along the
expressway and opened all
door to the bus including the
one at the back. Some minutes
later, all 5 men walked out of
the bank’s compound and
then the driver to the Serena
joined them. They were all
carrying bags which they had
some difficulty carrying but
managed to carry them all to
the Hiace and loaded it inside.

As they were putting the bags
in the car, one of the two men
who stood at the park went
to the middle of the road and
started shooting just in the
same way the other men were
shooting earlier while another
climbed the pedestrian bridge
and looked ahead.

All of a sudden, from the
distance, a low sound was
heard and the sound increase
with each second. It did not
take anyone an inch of
intelligence to realize that the
noise was that of sirens used
by the police and from the
sound of it, it was not just
one, they were much coming
in the direction of the bank.

The man on the bridge looked
towards that direction and
could count more than 5
police Hilux coming their way
but their path was blocked by
cars which were parked by
the owners in a bid to get
away from the area quickly.

“We have to move quickly” he
shouted as he saw that the
policemen were getting off
the trucks and were running
towards them on feet. At the
same time, he opened fire in
that direction and the man on
the ground too did the same
thing. There was a return of
fire by the advancing
policemen and he was struck
in the shoulder. He tried to the
get off the bridge quickly as
the others had gotten into the
Hiace with the money and the
driver was waiting impatiently
for him. He got to the stair of
the bridge and another bullet
hit him in the back and he fell
down rolling along the path of
the stairs until he got to the
bottom.

“We have to go” The driver
screamed as the other one
who previously stood in the
middle of the road saw the
policemen closing in and he
ran towards the bus and was
almost there when a bulled
broke the back glass of the
buss. Another buried itself in
his left thigh making him
immobile as the bus started
and zoomed off leaving him
lying on the floor at the mercy
of the advancing police
officers.

The advancing policemen kept
firing at the bus which by the
time they got closer to make
any impact had put some
distance between the crime
scene and themselves. They
drove off towards Ikorodu
and kept driving fast with the
intention of getting away and
getting away fast. Inside the
bus, the men kept quiet in
anticipation of the bullets
razing the back glass.

When they had put some distance
between them and the police,
there were screams of joy as
they were glad that they had
escaped the crime and they
did so with their loot in place
and not a lot of causalities. It
was not everyday anyone
decides to rob a bank and
especially not in Lagos but
they had done it and at the
moment, gotten away with it.

The first of the police
personnel that arrived at the
scene first went to secure the
two members of the gang
who had been shot and they
discovered that the one that
fell from the bridge had died
but the second man was on
the ground bleeding and in
pains. He was surrounded and
received a couple of hits and
kicks from the men who first
got there as they attempted to
get him on his feet and he got
more beatings. Some other
agents went over to the bank
to assess the bank itself as the
customers and staff began to
come out cautiously. They had
fear written all over them as
they were told to stop by the
policemen approaching the
bank.

The police told them they
wanted to do a damage
assessment of the bank and
also interview all the people
inside the bank itself.

An ambulance was called as
the market became lively too
with some people running
away towards there house
and the others running away
in the opposite direction for
fear that the incident was not
over yet but some of the
traders still had the mind to
opentheir stalls and shops in
the hopes of continuing the
business of the day. To those
ones, the robbery had nothing
to do with them and it should
not stop them from
doingwhat they set out to do
from the start.

The traffic was getting light
again as the drivers who ran
off leaving their cars on the
road return and started
moving them with the traffic
officials doing their best to
make sure the road became
clear.

A couple of bystanders were
blaming the success of the
robbery on the late arrival of
the police and some even said
the police knew about the
whole operation