A robbery attack on Wednesday, February 23, at Zenith Bank, Owerri,
Imo state has left four people dead while several are injured.
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Times reports that a witness reported that the robbers had trailed a
customer who came in to deposit a huge sum of money to the Zenith bank
branch located along Wetheral Road, opposite Dan Anyiam Stadium in the
city.
Out of the five people who lost their lives was one of the
robbers, three bank security agents and the customer who was trailed to
the bank, seven other people were injured in the crossfire.
The
witness said: “The bandits on getting to the bank premises opened fire
at the man as he was bringing out his money. As soon as that happened,
security men at the bank responded by shooting down one of the robbers.
On killing of the bandit, his gang members rained bullets on the security men, killing three of them on the spot.”
The source said that the robbers later fled with their heist in a Ghana-must-go bag.
The
state Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, after the incident led
officers to the scene in a convoy of three Toyota Hilux vans.
The
police spokesperson, Andrew Enwere, confirmed the incident. He said a
police officer gunned down one of the suspected armed robbers, while
another police officer sustained injuries in the exchange of fire with
the hoodlums.
Meanwhile, Gbenga Babatunde, a 25-year old armed robbery suspect has confessed to robbing ATM users in Lagos state.
He
told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police
Command how his gang robbed about 35 Automated Teller Machine users in
Alaba Rago Market, Ojo area of Lagos, the police said.
Babatunde was arrested after his failure to rob a lady around 5:48 a.m. at an ATM point in Alaba Rago Market.
