Six persons including two policemen were shot dead at Ileoluji, the headquarter of Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State when two old generation Banks were attacked by armed robbers. It was gathered that the armed robbers invaded the banks; Polaris and First banks around 4.pm, shooting sporadically and killing the victims.
Witnesses said that the robbers forced their ways into the bank hall, using dynamite to break the security doors. The witnesses said that the undisclosed amount of money was carted away by the bandits. A group of local hunters had trailed the robbers with the hope of arresting them.
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The Ondo state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Femi Joseph, said he had not been properly briefed about the incident, but added that policemen had been deployed to the scenes of the attack. According to Joseph who spoke in a telephone conversation:“Our men are on the trail of the hoodlums. We would get them.
They used dynamites to break into the banks. We are in touch with the bank’s management to ascertain how much was carted away.
“I am aware there are casualties but I cannot state the figures now because we are yet to confirm the number of casualties. The robbers have no hiding place because we will get them”.
When spokesman of Polaris bank, Mr. Rasheed Bolarinwa, was contacted, he noted that their bank was not among:
“Please get your information right, our bank was not attacked”,
he said. First bank’s spokesman, Mr. Ismail could not be reached as his phone rang several without response.
