ZENITH BANK
A robbery attack on Wednesday, February 23, at
Zenith Bank, Owerri, Imo state has left four people dead while several
are injured.
Premium 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.
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