Bank Robbery: Police Launch Manhunt For Robbers Who Attacked 3 New Generation Banks

By Tosin Olatokunbo

Not fewer than three new generation banks have been robbed in Kogi state, the police have said. The attack which happened concurrently took place in Ankpa Local Government Areas of the state.

According to a statement released by William Aya, the state’s Police Public Relations Office on Wednesday, the robbers attacked First Bank, United Bank of Africa, UBA and Zenith Bank.

The statement read in part: “The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command CP Edward Egbuka, psc immediately led a team of tactical operatives to the scenes for on-the-spot assessment and has equally ordered the deployment of additional operational assets consisting of operatives of the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, Quick Response Unit, State Intelligence Bureau in synergy with other security agencies to restore normalcy in the area.

“The police personnel on duty both at the station and the banks quickly recovered from the sudden attack and gallantly repelled the attackers who were forced to flee – some into nearby bushes, others with their vehicles.

“The hoodlums abandoned three vehicles used for the operation in their haste to escape, some of them with bullet wounds.

“The CP use this medium to call on the people of Ankpa and its adjoining communities to be on the lookout and report anybody seen with bullet wounds to the Police or any other security Forces nearest to them.”

Meanwhile, the state police command said the hoodlums will soon be apprehended because crack detectives have already been sent after them with the aim of bringing them to justice.

The police commissioner, according to its Aya, is committed to working in synergy with other security agencies and patriotic stakeholders in the onslaught against crimes and criminality to make the state a safe and secure place for all and sundry.

He also tasked the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Investigation Department (SCID) to commence investigations into the remote and immediate cause of the incident, as well as trail the hoodlums with a view to apprehend and bring them to book.

Egbuka appealed to residents to go about their lawful businesses and continue to support the police and other security agencies with credible and timely information on the activities of criminal elements in their environs.