Ekiti: Five Feared Dead As Armed Robbers Storm Banks In Ikere Ekiti

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Five people were reportedly shot dead, including two officers of the Amotekun security outfit on Wednesday afternoon, in a deadly bank robbery in Ikere Ekiti,  Ekiti State.
According to eyewitness reports, the robbers, who wore masks opened fire at the commercial banks along the major road in town to gain access to banks’ premises , thereby positioning themselves
in strategic locations, shooting sporadically for up to an hour, causing panic and chaos among residents.

Some of the victims were hit by the robbers’ bullets while trying to escape to safety.

Our correspondent gathered that the masked armed robbers, numbering about twenty, stormed the town at about 4:15 pm and robbed the banks located at Odo Oja and Oke-osun simultaneously.

The daredevil armed robbers, according to sources, first attacked the command of the Amotekun Corps situated at Ikere, along Ise Road and shot some operatives before attacking the banks.

The armed robbers broke the security doors of the banks with the aid of dynamite, and carted away an unspecified huge sum of money.

However, the Ekiti State Police spokesman, Sunday Abutu could not be reached as of the time of filing this report, as several calls and messages to his mobile phone were not responded to.

Meanwhile, in a telephone chat, the Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Alagbado expressed shock over the robbery incident.

Oba Alagbado said he had discussed the matter with the security agents and that those who carried out the dastardly act must be arrested and prosecuted.