Robbers stormed a bank in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State on Tuesday, killing bank customers and a motorcyclist.
The armed bandits besieged the town in two Toyota Sienna buses at about 6pm on Tuesday. Reports say they went after a police station in the area and killed two police officers.
It was not clear which bank between Unity and Keystone banks was attacked, but both banks were said to located in the town and situated opposite each other, along Momomodu Ajayi road.
The Punch reports that that the robbers were later confronted and one of them killed by vigilance groups, who were said to have mobilised and barricaded their exit route, along Ekpedo-Ekpe road, an area bordering Kogi State.
One of the cars said to have been used by the robbers was also reportedly seized by the local security groups.
A leader of a vigilante group in the area said many of the robbers escaped with bullet wounds.
The vigilante leader said, “When they started the operation in Igarra, we quickly mobilised our people around the surrounding villages, because they (robbers) came through Lampese to Ososo and down to Igarra and they were also going back through the axis passing through Enwan.
“Our men barricaded their route and there was exchange of gunfire. One of them was killed, another was arrested while many escaped with gunshot wounds. They (vigilante) also impounded one of the vehicles they used.”
But the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, who confirmed the incident, told the Daily over the phone that one of the suspects had been arrested.
He also said that the police recovered a total sum of N4,452,500, 11 AK47 rifles and 39 unexploded IEDs.
Ezike said, “I can also confirm that one of the robbers has been arrested. One died in a gunfire exchange. Eleven AK47 rifles were recovered; I have just finished a press conference in Igarra now.
“We have also recovered N4,452,500 from them. We have recovered 41 AK47 magazines, 39 improvised explosive devices, unexploded and we recovered assorted ammunition.”
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