Robbers stormed the bank around
4.20pm, shooting sporadically, before gaining entrance into the bank.
Two policemen were
allegedly gunned down on Wednesday by armed robbers during an attack on the
branch of a bank in Odo-Ere, the headquarters of Yagba West Local Government,
Kogi State.
A source said that the
robbers operated freely despite the closeness of a divisional police
headquarters to the financial institution.
Another source, Tope
Daramola, however, said one of the policemen might have survived the attack as
he was later taken to the hospital by the patrol van of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad stationed between the borders of Kogi and Kwara states.
He said, “Two policemen
attached to the bank were killed, but as of today, we heard that one of them
survived. Though I was not at the scene, I heard all that happened from our
people that were around that place as it was happening.
“The bank operated that
day. This should be the third attack where they (robbers) operated
unchallenged, and we have a divisional police headquarters there.
“The Special anti-Robbery
Squad manning the border between Kogi and Kwara states came, and carried their
dead colleagues away.”
When contacted, the Kogi
State Police Public Relations Officer, Willy Aya, said he was on a journey and
could not speak on a matter he was not aware of. He promised to call our
correspondent back but never did as of the time of filing this report.
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