Ondo State Police Command on Friday said six policemen and seven civilians, including a Wema Bank Manager died in Thursday’s bank robbery attack in Owo.
Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke, while briefing journalists and parading one of the suspected robbers arrested, said the robbers numbered 50 and carried out operations in four banks, namely, Wema Bank, Skye Bank, Eco Bank and First Bank.
The bodies of the deceased suspects were paraded at the command headquarters in Akure along with one of them alive, who was simply identified as Abdulmojeed, a native of Okene.
Eke said the robbers “had taken over all the police stations (2, A and B Divisions)” before attacking the banks.
He said he had dispatched a team of operatives, assisted by men of the Nigerian Army to counter the robbers who began operation at about 4pm until 7pm.
“After intense and protracted exchange of fire with the robbers that lasted into the night, one of the robbers was arrested alive while six others lost their lives from gunshot wounds,” Eke said.
A video camera was recovered from the robbers with which they recorded as they robbed the banks.
On those who died, Eke said, seven civilians, including the Bank Manager of Wema Bank died in the course of the operation.
“My operatives are still on the trail of those who managed to escape with bullet wounds towards the boundary of Ondo with Kogi and Edo States,” Eke said.
According to Eke, a total of N9.3m was recovered from the fleeing robbers, as well as 23 assorted riffles, 9,000 rounds of ammunition, 100 magazines and 11 dynamites.
Other items recovered include 10 smoke hand grenades, three steel helmets, three police berets, two pairs of police uniforms, and nine exotic vehicles.
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