13th February, 2016
Mr Kola Sodipo, the Commissioner of Police in Osun, on Saturday said that two policemen were killed during a bank robbery in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area on Friday.
Sodipo, who disclosed this at a news conference in Osogbo, said that two bank officials were also killed by the robbers during the operation.
He said that the deceased were the first target of the robbers on arrival.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a gang of armed robbers invaded Skye Bank, First Bank and Union Bank in Ikirun on Friday evening.
The police boss, who said swift response by the police foiled the robbery operation, noted that four of the robbers were killed while four were arrested.
“It would be recalled that on Feb. 12, at 15:45 hours, a distress call was received that men suspected to be armed robbers invaded Skye Bank, First Bank and Union Bank located on the same street in Ikirun.
“Swift response by the police repelled the attack,” he said.
He gave the names of the suspects arrested as: Aderibigbe Oluwaseun, 23, Ndubusi David, 21, Ayuba Salisu, 26 and Nuhu Jimoh, 21.
Sodipo said that the police recovered N7,486,300 from the hoodlums.
He added that three AK rifles with 124 rounds of ammunition, one assault rifle with 12 rounds live ammunition, expended shells of ammunition and dynamite were also recovered.
Sodipo said that one standby Nissan sunny car which the robbers wanted to use for escape was also recovered.
He said that he had visited the scene of the robbery for on the spot assessment with his bomb disposal unit to sweep the affected area and to detect and recover undetonated improvised explosive devices.
“A diligent investigation is ongoing for the arrest of other syndicate members,” Sodipo said.
The arrested robbers were presented to newsmen with the money and ammunition recovered.