Dare devil armed robbers attacked a cash laden bullion van at Elemoso village along Ondo – Akure road in Ondo East local government area of the state looting a bullion van and escaped with undisclosed amount of money.
The bullion van and the escort vehicle were found ridden with bullets in the incident which was said to have occurred at about 4:50pm and the armed men made away with the cash supposedly belonging to United Bank for Africa.
An eye witness told journalists that the policemen were caught unawares after the armed robbers shot sporadically at the police escorts’ van and the bullion van simultaneously.
He explained that the policemen and the driver of the van took to their heels immediately the hoodlums opened fire on them, noting that some of the occupants of the van would have been hit by bullets in the process.
He stated that the operation lasted for just about seven minutes, even as the agrarian community was turned into a ghost town while the operation lasted as no member of the community could withstand the superior ammunitions of the robbers.
“The speed breaker erected on the highway helped the armed men. They overtook the vans and open fire on the policemen before they could realise what was going on. The men are better equipped because they operated with confidence,” the source said.
However, a middle aged man, simply identified as Pastor Ajah who was coming from Ondo town ran into the rain of bullets and sustained bullet wounds.
Ajah, a school proprietor in the area, was said to be coming from a mechanic workshop in Ondo town with his Toyota Sienna Bus with registration Number AA733FTD when he ran into the hoodlums who opened fire on him and his car. He is said to have been taken to the general hospital.
They were seen driving away in a red car through an untarred road linking the area with Ile Oluji, a neighbouring town.
Ondo State police commissioner, Isaac Eke, described the attack as shocking, his men said had launched a manhunt to track and arrest the robbers.
According to Eke, the command suspects conspiracy in the attack, noting that official bookings of security was not made at the police Operations Department before the assignment was carried out, saying conspiracy would not be ruled out in the attack.
He also noted that none of the police escorts in the convoy had reported to the station and their whereabouts remain unknown as of the time of filing this report.
The Police boss vowed that his men would soon arrest and bring the hoodlums to book urging all law abiding citizens to go about their lawful business. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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What a Country. Do we now enquip our NPF with high grade weapons like Gpmg, and d likes? Boys are not smiling. May God save our Nation anyway, this incidence calls for holistic investigation.
ReplyDeleteThis does not sound rit. How is it that the people who ran into the scene were seen to have sustained injuries and the escort could not be reached to confirm their side if the story? Thus na arranged robbery
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