Four persons died yesterday in a daring bank robbery in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
Guns boomed and residents rushed indoors as the robbers shot their way into the bank in Okeyinmi.
There were about 20 robbers, including two women – according to residents who claimed to have seen them. They spent nearly an hour at the bank, shooting sporadically.
Ten residents were injured. They included 15-year old Fasuan Samuel, Mr Francis Afolabi (75), Olumide Olusola (22), Owoyede Yusuf (23) and Ifeanyi Ukafor (25). All of them are hospitalised.
One of the injured, Fagbolagun Oluwafemi, said: "I was at Ijigbo Junction around 10 when I heard the first gunshot. I tried to run, but the bullet hit me in the leg".
Omotayo Zacheus Ajayi, an eye witness, said the robbers invaded the area about 10a.m. in a convoy of four cars, including a Toyota Hilux Van, two Hiace buses and a Hummer. They pulled down the bank’s main gate with a dynamite and a hand-held rocket launcher.
It was a chilling sight of blood at the University Teaching Hospital where doctors, led by the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Patrick Adegun, battled to save the lives of the victims.
Another eye witness, Olaiya Olatunji, said: "I just met them at the operation. I was shot at but the bullet missed me. I want to say that we do not have police here in Ado-Ekiti. I rushed to Okesha Police Station but the DPO said he would not dispatch his men to the place. And none of them came. That is why we are protesting that the Ado-Ekiti people have been treated badly by the police."
The bodies of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the University Teaching Hospital in the state capital.
Some police officers attached to the governor’s office, led by the Senior Special Assistant on internal security to Governor Kayode Fayemi, Mr Deji Adesokan, challenge the robbers, but could not match them.
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