Armed robbers stormed
four commercial banks in the Agbara area of Ogun State around 8.30am and reportedly
carted away millions of naira from Zenith Bank on Thursday,
killing a nursing mother and two policemen including a corporal
identified as Kadiri Aliyu. It was learnt that the robbers gained entry into the bank after blowing up the bank’s rotor doors with dynamites.
An eyewitness, who identified himself
only as Wahab, said the robbers loaded the money they stole from Zenith
Bank in four cars and left the area.
He said,
“I was looking at them from the
company where I work while they packed money inside the cars. They felt
very confident. The policemen fled.”
It was learnt that a pregnant woman, who
had been to one of the banks to perform a transaction, was shot in the
leg while other customers were said to have sustained gun injuries.
Our correspondent learnt that a nursing
mother, who was identified only as Ope, and a woman were hit by bullets
in a market along Ilashe Road, where the robbers passed through to link
the waterside they used as an escape route.
An eyewitness, Michael Chinedu, said the pregnant woman was shot when she was caught looking at the robbers.
He said,
“I had come to use Zenith Bank
ATM when the robbers came. It was as if I was at a war front. Some of
them were on power bikes and they were shooting sporadically. They
shouted at us to lie face down. I think a woman was shot for attempting
to look at their faces. I am not sure whether she died or not. They
entered the bank. It was terrible.”
Punch
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