By Ayodele Oni
In a commando style, some suspected robbers caused panic in Ado Ekiti as they dispossessed three victims of the sum of N20 million on Wednesday.
The gunmen numbering three, reportedly snatched N20m from accountants attached to the Office of the Cabinet Department of the Governor’s office during an attack.
It was learnt that the accountants were trailed to a point close to Fajuyi Park, a business district of the state capital, while returning from a new generation bank along Government Secretariat road, where they had gone to withdraw the money.
The suspected robbers started shooting sporadically before they robbed the officials of the money.
The robbers were said to have shot into the air sporadically as they escaped from the scene through the GRA Area.
The incident crippled economic activities in the state capital as financial institutions, filling stations, supermarkets and eateries hurriedly shut down while motorists and commuters took to their heels.
The apprehension forced some banks to take strict security measures as news filtered round Ado metropolis that it was a case of bank robbery.
However, the Ekiti Police Command allayed public fear, saying the rumoured bank robbery was untrue and baseless.
The Police Commissioner, Babatunde Mobayo, implored members of the public to disregard such fabricated and misleading false alarm, aimed at causing unnecessary apprehension.
Mobayo, in a statement by Command’s Spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, said: “For clarity, the incident that occurred today(Wednesday) in Ado-Ekiti was about a driver of a Toyota Corolla Car with about three other occupants who were accosted by a group of yet to be identified hoodlums and dispossessed them of some amount of money.
“Upon the receipt of the information, the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), led his Operatives to the scene but the hoodlums had fled the scene already.
“Meanwhile, some persons have been invited by the Police for interrogation and further investigation while serious effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.”
