Robbers invade bank in Ondo, kill two policemen

-Suspected armed robbers storm commercial bank in Ondo state, kill two police officers.

-The suspects attacked the bank after close of business and made away with huge amounts of cash.

Suspected armed robbers numbering about 15, on Thursday, stormed a Skye Bank branch in Ifon, headquarters of Ose local government area of Ondo state, killing two policemen.

According to eye witness reports, the armed suspects arrived the bank premises around 3 pm and in order to gain entrance, blew up the bank’s bullet-proof door with substance suspected to be dynamite.

“On entering into the bank, the robbers packed all the money in the vault, while some of them engaged the policemen in a gun duel outside the bank,” the witness said.

“They were heavily armed. When they got to the bank, they could not enter easily because the bank had stopped attending to customers. So, they had to blow the door up with dynamite.

“For several minutes, they were shooting everywhere, two of the policemen that engaged them were killed but none of the robbers was killed during the shooting.”

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The Ondo state police public relations officer, Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident, said the command deployed more officers and men in the scene.

He added that the state commissioner of police, Gbenga Adeyanju, has also visited the bank.

“It is unfortunate that we lost two of our men in the incident, but we are still on the trail of the robbers, they went to the bank with sophisticated weapon and inspite of that our men still engaged them,” he said.

“The commissioner of police himself led the team from Akure to the scene, it was when they (robbers) knew that we were closing in on them that they ran away with bullets wounds. We shall get them soonest because our men are still on their trail.”