The Brigade Commander, 3rd Brigade of the Nigeria Army , Bukavu,Brigadier Illysu Abbah who briefed the media on the incident in Kano today confirmed that security agencies that suffered heavy casualties in the attack were able to recover some assorted arms and ammunition used by the insurgents. He listed them to include 11 AK47 rifles, 73 magazines, 275 rounds of 7.62 ammunition , 118 rounds of FNW ammunition , 141 rounds of 9 mm ammunition , 1 smoke gun , two vehicles and various improvised explosive devices.
“The Brigade would like to also like to advise financial institutions with outstations outside of the state capitals to always leave minimal unattractive cash in their vaults at the end of a business day as terrorists are in need of cash” he stressed.The Brigade would like to reassure the general public of the determination of the Unit and other security agencies to protect the lives and property of the law abiding citizens” he added.
The insurgents were said to have used IEDs to blow off the entrances and vaults of the banks where they looted millions of cash. In the attack, Access bank alone was said to have lost over N34 million, First bank over N70 million, Unity bank over N40 million and Keystone bank over N40 million. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Wat r d banks doing with so much money in their vault
ReplyDeleteCoupled with the funding from northern oligarchs you can see how they get money
ReplyDeletethe banks are agents themselves why shuld they keep such large amount in the banks. Ova 9t, i beg make we leave them CBN shouldnt share out of the lost
ReplyDeletePls d northern elder should tell us wot to do, n also d banks should ask d northern elder how dey will get dia money back bcuz Boko Haram re dia boys, which can't get money from Fed. Gov't. Dat is y dey visited d banks
ReplyDeleteThis story is incomplete! Did all the insrgents get away? Was any cash recovered and what is the casualty rate on the side of our security people. How come over two hundred insurgents can sneak into town to cause untold havoc without detection? Someone should provide answers to these questions before I go bunkers!
ReplyDeleteIs some1 actually asking that questn, 'what are banks doing with that kind of money?'
ReplyDeleteIt's a bank, dude. A financial institution.