Police trail bank robbers who shot, killed security operative, doctor during operation

A group of daredevil robbers who attacked a branch of Polaris Bank located in the Oke Ejigbo area of Osun State are now being hunted by men of the Nigeria Police Force.

Reports say the robbers who killed a policeman who was working as one of the security guards also shot and killed a doctor with two other people said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The police identified the deceased police officer as Oloke Mewa, while the medical doctor was simply identified as Moshood.

The robbery incident was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, Folasade Odoro, who didn’t give further details.

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According to Alhaji Animasahun a resident of Oke-Ejigbo, the robbers who were more than 10 in number shot sporadically in the air to scare people before gaining entry into the bank

“I could not count their number, but they were between eight and 10. They might have been more. Before they entered the bank, they shot at the building from a close range and destroyed the security door.

“They managed to escape through the Ayegun Road, which leads to Ikoro-Ekiti and Okemesi, both in Ekiti State. From where I was hiding, I saw the robbers carting away money in three bags,” he said.

The police are frantically said to be on the look out for the robbers who are according to  reports, still trying to find an escape route out of Osun State.

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