It was a bloody day at Ikare Akoko, headquarters of
Akoko North East Local Government on Monday as
armed robbers killed 15 persons in a daylight operation.
The attacked bank was 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.
Unlike the previous incident which happened in the night
yesterday's incident started at about 3.00pm.
The robbers, a source in the town said came in two
vehicles painted in military colours while the robbers wore
mobile police uniform.
According to the source, the men blew up the security
door of the bank with dynamite.
It was gathered that most of those that were killed are
bank customers including three that were killed at the
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) point and four police
men.
The robbers who were said to have escaped through
routes leading to Edo State were said to have stolen huge
sums of money.
As expected, the operation shook the entire town as
people were said to be running helter skelter for their dear
lives. The town was to have been deserted for about two
and half hours that the operation lasted.
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
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