How 20 Robbers Attacked Two Banks, Carted Away Money — Osun CP

More facts have emerged on the robbery incident in Iree, a
community that hosts Osun State Polytechnic in Boripe Local
Government Area on Thursday where a policeman died.

The robbers killed a police special constabulary identified as
Dauda Jelili during an attack on a police station located
in-between the two banks.

Our correspondent gathered the operation, which started around
3:50pm, lasted for 15 minutes with the robbers shattering the
banks’ doors with an explosive device.

Osun Commissioner of Police Olawale Olokode told reporters on
Friday: “Some explosives were thrown at the police station just to
incapacitate the police before they commence robbery. At the end of
this one special constabulary, was killed, in an attempt to cart
away weapon and it was not successful.

“The operation was simultaneous, the police station and the two
banks, meaning the armed robbers would have been about 20 for such
to happen at the same time.

“An unspecified amount of money was carted away. They operated
in four vehicles. At the approach of my tactical team, led by me,
the robbers fled.

“In their pursuit, they had to hurriedly abandon four of the
operational vehicles and entered a nearby bush on foot.

“The police in conjunction with local security particularly the
hunters and OPC entered into the bush.

“We embarked on a serious manhunt of the robbers. We couldn’t
pursue them further at a point.

“In the vehicles they abandoned, we saw some of the ammunition,
used and unused. We still believe that the operation is not without
the knowledge of the indigenes who know the community very well
especially the bush they entered.

“We are working assiduously to get them arrested. We are hopeful
that we shall get them and the mystery will be unravelled. What
destabilised our men was the dynamite they used in the
operation.”

More facts have emerged on the robbery incident in Iree, a
community that hosts Osun State Polytechnic in Boripe Local
Government Area on Thursday where a policeman died.

The robbers killed a police special constabulary identified as
Dauda Jelili during an attack on a police station located
in-between the two banks.

Our correspondent gathered the operation, which started around
3:50pm, lasted for 15 minutes with the robbers shattering the
banks’ doors with an explosive device.

Osun Commissioner of Police Olawale Olokode told reporters on
Friday: “Some explosives were thrown at the police station just to
incapacitate the police before they commence robbery. At the end of
this one special constabulary, was killed, in an attempt to cart
away weapon and it was not successful.

“The operation was simultaneous, the police station and the two
banks, meaning the armed robbers would have been about 20 for such
to happen at the same time.

“An unspecified amount of money was carted away. They operated
in four vehicles. At the approach of my tactical team, led by me,
the robbers fled.

“In their pursuit, they had to hurriedly abandon four of the
operational vehicles and entered a nearby bush on foot.

“The police in conjunction with local security particularly the
hunters and OPC entered into the bush.

“We embarked on a serious manhunt of the robbers. We couldn’t
pursue them further at a point.

“In the vehicles they abandoned, we saw some of the ammunition,
used and unused. We still believe that the operation is not without
the knowledge of the indigenes who know the community very well
especially the bush they entered.

“We are working assiduously to get them arrested. We are hopeful
that we shall get them and the mystery will be unravelled. What
destabilised our men was the dynamite they used in the
operation.”