It was a bloody
Monday at Ikare Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government as
armed robbers killed 15 persons, and most of those that were killed are bank
customers including three that were killed at the Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
point and four policemen according to source.
It was
learnt that the robbers attacked the First Bank, which was equally attacked in
2013 along with two others and which led to closure of banking business in the
commercial city for several months.
The robbers, a source in the town said came in two
vehicles painted in military colours while the robbers wore mobile police
uniform. The source said, the men blew up the
security door of the bank with dynamite.
The robbers who were said to have escaped
through routes leading to Edo State were said to have stolen huge sums of
money.
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When contacted,
the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Ondo State Command of
the Nigeria Police, Mr Wole Ogodo said he had not been briefed about the
incident from the area.
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