No
fewer than five persons, including a policeman, were feared killed during a
bank robbery in Ogbagi Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo
State, and yesterday. Those killed include two security guards attached to a
bank located at Uko quarters in the agrarian town.
An
eyewitness account said the robbers blew open the main entrance of the bank and
an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, with dynamite, where monies were carted away.
Reports had it that the hoodlums, numbering about 15, got to the bank on five
motorbikes in a commando-like manner, shooting sporadically into the air to
scare people away.
A police source said that the robbers
disguised as commercial (Okada) motorcycle operators, to deceive security
operatives attached to the bank, who unknowingly allowed their passengers to
alight in front of the bank. On arrival at the bank around noon yesterday, the
robbers shot dead one security guard at the entrance of the bank and a
policeman seen at the bank premises.
It was
gathered that the casualties would have been more if yesterday was market day,
as the bank is located opposite the main market.
They reportedly operated unmolested for about
45 minutes. Vanguard gathered that the robbers headed straight for the strong
room, where they packed an undisclosed amount of money.
Eyewitness account had it that the two persons
killed may have been hit by stray bullets within the bank premises. They
reportedly escaped through Omuo-Ekiti Road after the operation.
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