A 7-man criminal gang has been arrested by police operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad for attacking and robbing three commercial banks in the South-West States of Ondo and Ekiti between 2019 and 2020, Igbere TV reports
These armed robbers allegedly killed innocent citizens including six (6) policemen and carted away several millions of naira.
This was contained in a statement released by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, Frank Mba.
According to the statement, police investigations revealed that the dare-devil armed robbers identified as – Tunbosun Ojo 42years, Ismaila Ojo 25years, Victor Oyeyemi 36years, Dele Ariyo ‘m’ 44years, Shola Oladimeji ‘m’ 50years, Olubodun Folayemi 44years and Adeniyi John 42 years, carried out the robbery of a commercial bank in Ile-oluji, Ondo State on 7th February 2020 where four (4) policemen were killed.
Similarly, they were also involved in the robbery of a Microfinance Bank in Idanre, Ondo State in December, 2019 and a commercial bank at Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State where two policemen lost their lives.
The police added that efforts are being intensified to arrest other members of the gang still at large and to recover other sophisticated weapons used in the operations.
