The environs of Oye-Ekiti was left in disarray after some armed robbers stormed a branch of the United Bank of Africa in the town and left two people dead.
According to a report, the armed robbers stormed the bank on Thursday and carted away money from the bank and stole from customers.
A further report revealed that a five-year-old girl was killed during the bank robbery in Oye-Ekiti.
The young girl was shot in the head while returning from school and a police officer attached to the bank was also shot dead.
The robbers who stormed the bank around 3 p.m. operated for over 30 minutes. They came into the town in green camouflage uniform and shot sporadically into the air, witnesses said.
An official of the affected bank while speaking on the incident with Premiumtimesng said, “A policeman was killed with a small girl sitting beside the bank. There are some shops behind the bank, so the policeman was sitting in front of the shop with one small five-year-old girl.”
“I think they targeted the policeman but the small girl, unfortunately, had shared part of the bullet. Two of them died”.
The spokesperson of the Ekiti State Police Command, Caleb Ikechukwu, said the armed robbers gained entrance to the bank using a phylum explosive.
“There was a robbery attack on the commercial institution in Oye-Ekiti. We are still investigating on that(number of casualties) as soon as I have confirmation I will issue a statement in regards to the incident.”
“The armed robbers were dressed in a green camouflage uniform. They gained entrance into the bank with the use of phylum explosive,” the police spokesperson said.
Source: mynewsghana.net
