Policeman, Two Others Killed in Ondo Bank Robbery

No fewer than three persons, including a policeman were confirmed killed yesterday during a bank robbery at Ilaramokin in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Three other persons were said to have been injured as they were hit by the stray bullets of the robbers while an undisclosed amount of money was also carted away by the robbers .

It was gathered that the deceased were a policeman, a commercial motorcyclist and a staff of the Elizade University (names withheld).

The slain university staff was formerly a journalist working with the Ondo State-owned Orange 94.5 FM

The robbers were said to have broken the bullet-proof door of the bank with dynamite before they gained entry into the banking hall.

According to an eyewitness, the ‘okada’ rider and the university staff, were passing by when they ran into the robbers while the operation was ongoing. They were said to have been killed by stray bullets. But the policeman was said to have been killed by the dynamite.

A resident of the community, who was inside the bank when the robbers arrived, narrated that the robbers, numbering about six attacked the bank at about 3pm and started shooting sporadically into the air to scare he people.

“I was inside the bank when they (robbers) came; immediately all of us lied down; they started shouting where is the manager! Where is the manager!

“So, they later got the key of the vault and packed the money there but they were not satisfied with what they saw; they also opened the Automated Teller Machine, but there was no enough money. “That infuriated them and they shouted where is the money? It seems they didn’t get their target? After they took the money they went out angrily shooting to escape from the scene.”