Armed Robbers invade bank in Osun, kill 10

Armed robbers on Thursday, July 17, 2014, invaded two banks in Modakeke, Osun State, killing 10 people including two bank workers in the process. The robbers reportedly made away with large sums of money.

Sources told PUNCH metro that “the eight robbers arrived in the town in a vehicle and moved straight to one of the banks and started using explosive to pull down its wall while some of them shot directly at the security door to break it open”.

According to a resident, apart from the bank workers who were killed during the one hour operation, other casualties were passengers in a bus passing by who were hit by bullets fired by the robbers.

Policemen, who came to the scene, could not match the robbers’ fire power but succeeded in shooting their tyres and demobilizing them.

 

PUNCH metro quotes the resident as saying: “The robbers came in the rain and opened fire on the bank. I closed my shop and ran away from the place. My neighbours also closed hurriedly because of the robbery.

 

“The whole town was thrown into confusion. The robbers threw explosive into the bank and that gave them access into the facility. They came after the closing hour and succeeded in carting away their loot”

According to PUNCH metro, another resident, who gave his name as Ola, said the robbers did not succeed in looting the bank, but killed some people.

His words: “You know that robbers cannot steal from Modakeke, it is not possible. Some youths rose up and blocked the road and the robbers ran away. I cannot say if any of them was arrested.”

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, said that six persons were killed during the operation although the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the state, Mr. Ayo Olowe, gave the casualty figure as 10