Armed Robbers Attack Banks, Police Stations In Osun

Many residents of Apomu, headquarters of Isokan Local Government
Area and Ikire, headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area were
feared killed on Wednesday evening when robbers attacked two new
generation banks and a police station.

TheNigerialawyer gathered the robbers invaded the two
communities around 6pm, shooting sporadically.

They were said to have stormed Apomu before moving to Ikire

The bullets fired injured residents while unspecified persons
were killed during the attack.

A resident of Ikire, who simply identified himself as Sola,
said: “The robbers came into the community around 5:55pm and were
shooting.

“I don’t know maybe they were able to enter the bank and chart
away money but I am sure that people were killed.”

The robbers were said to have entered Apomu and Ikire through
Ikoyi town and divided themselves into different groups before they
launched attack on the police stations and the affected banks.

An eyewitness living in Apomu, who preferred anonymity, said he
heard sporadic shootings around 5:30pm near the premises of a
commercial bank located in the Oke-Ola Area.

According to another resident of Ikire, simply identified as
Oloruntoyin, the robbers attacked a bank near Akire’s palace, as
well as Ayedaade Police Station.

He said the robbers later left the town and fled after some
local hunters and police operatives engaged them in a gunfight.

When contacted, the spokesperson for Osun Police Command, Yemisi
Opalola, confirmed the attack on a commercial bank in Apomu, a
police station in Ikire, as well as Ikire Area Command of the
police by robbers.

She however said the casualty figure was not immediately
available.

Many residents of Apomu, headquarters of Isokan Local Government
Area and Ikire, headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area were
feared killed on Wednesday evening when robbers attacked two new
generation banks and a police station.

TheNigerialawyer gathered the robbers invaded the two
communities around 6pm, shooting sporadically.

They were said to have stormed Apomu before moving to Ikire

The bullets fired injured residents while unspecified persons
were killed during the attack.

A resident of Ikire, who simply identified himself as Sola,
said: “The robbers came into the community around 5:55pm and were
shooting.

“I don’t know maybe they were able to enter the bank and chart
away money but I am sure that people were killed.”

The robbers were said to have entered Apomu and Ikire through
Ikoyi town and divided themselves into different groups before they
launched attack on the police stations and the affected banks.

An eyewitness living in Apomu, who preferred anonymity, said he
heard sporadic shootings around 5:30pm near the premises of a
commercial bank located in the Oke-Ola Area.

According to another resident of Ikire, simply identified as
Oloruntoyin, the robbers attacked a bank near Akire’s palace, as
well as Ayedaade Police Station.

He said the robbers later left the town and fled after some
local hunters and police operatives engaged them in a gunfight.

When contacted, the spokesperson for Osun Police Command, Yemisi
Opalola, confirmed the attack on a commercial bank in Apomu, a
police station in Ikire, as well as Ikire Area Command of the
police by robbers.

She however said the casualty figure was not immediately
available.