[size=18pt]Banks in Ogun shut as robbers raid them with dynamites[/size]

By Ademola Oni and Gbenga Adeniji, Abeokuta

Saturday, 28 Aug 2010
 

Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some other adjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state.

The bandits, who were said to have arrived the Oju Ore Junction area of the Sango-Idiroko Road around 9.30a.m, were said to have blown open the security doors of the United Bank for Africa Plc with dynamites before launching a similar attack on the Sterling Bank Plc, where unspecified amount of money was said to have been carted away.

This incident came barely 48 hours after the state government donated an Armoured Personnel Carrier to the state police command to be deployed in Ijebu Area.

A resident of the area, who called her husband in Abeokuta to ensure that the man, a political office holder, was away from danger, said the area was thrown into utter confusion as bank customers, motorists and commuters fled the area as the hoodlums shot sporadically to take control of the banks.

A police source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity on Friday, claimed that the robbers blew open the doors of the affected banks as the doors were bullet proof.

The top police officer, however, denied claims that the bandits were not challenged by the police while also claiming ignorance that the hoodlums escaped with their loot from the two banks.

The resident, a woman in her 30s, told our correspondent that the robbers operated freely after she noticed some stranded passengers, who fled the vicinity of the banks along the main road to adjoining streets.

As news filtered in that some bandits were raiding banks, the other banks in Ota and Abeokuta as well as other offices and shops in the commercial areas of Ota, locked their doors to customers, claiming that they had closed for the day.

Some aggrieved bank customers, who were in the finance houses from 12.00p.m, expressed their displeasure at being locked out and prevented from collecting money for the weekend.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that he would not be able to confirm the incident as he was “out of town.”

A top police source at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, confirmed the attack, saying the banks should support the state government to beef up security.


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I think these arm robbers are from Aba . . . House am I not right?

Uhmmmm, Dynamite hehehehe

The country stinks>

It was Aba now it's Ogun. I hope those tribal scumbags that were attacking igbos then can now see that no region has monopoly for Armed robbery.

afam4eva:

It was Aba now it's Ogun. I hope those tribal scumbags that were attacking igbos then can now see that no region has monopoly for Armed robbery.

Except Lagos, immune from robbers (To the bearest minimum)

honeric01:

Except Lagos, immune from robbers (To the bearest minimum)

what about benin

asha 80:

what about benin

Hehehe, you are right, the fear of curses is the beginning of repentance

GRADUATES of ABA college of ARMED ROBBERY and KIDNAPPING.
Best export yet to the south west.
These are OBASANJO'S CREATIONS. Viva Nigeria, the ever stinking land of Moroons.

These armed robbers should direct their energy towards the looters of national treasury for effect.