Armed robbers kill police officer in Ekiti bank attack

Armed robbers attacked a bank in Otun Ekiti, head office of Moba Council area of Ekiti State, killing a police officer in the process on Thursday evening.

Sources disclosed that the robbers, who attacked the bank about 5pm, shot periodically into the air to scare people in the bank area.

A source stated, “As they (robbers) shot into the air, the robbers blew the door of the bank with dynamite to access the financial facility.

“Bank staff and customers who were around for one thing or the other scampered to safety. There was confusion everywhere.

“It was in the process that a policeman was shot dead by the robbers.”

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, declared that the robbers attacked the bank with explosive.

Abutu, however, stated that they did not gain entry into the bank.

He said that men of the command and military men attached to the area engaged the robbers in a gun fight.

Abutu said, “There was a bank robbery incident on Thursday in Otun Ekiti at about 5:00pm and in the process of a shootout between our men and armed robbers, we, unfortunately, lost one of our men.

“The Commissioner of Police, Mr Tunde Mobayo, has ordered an investigation into the incident in ensuring the armed robbers are arrested and brought to book.”

In the meantime, the police appealed to citizens to go about their normal businesses, assuring of police willingness to always safeguard their lives and property.