BREAKING: 3 killed as armed robbers raid bank
Armed robbers on Monday evening raided a new generation bank in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State, killing at least three persons and carted away an undisclosed amount of money, Mouthpiece NGR has learnt.
It was gathered that three policemen feared dead in the robbery which took place around 5.30pm.
According to TVC News, the armed robbers who announced their arrival with gun shots which frightened residents who scampered for safety, also left some bank workers and customers at the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) gallery of the bank with varying degrees of injuries.
The gunmen who blew the bank’s security door with dynamite to gain access into the baking hall, also carted away an undisclosed amount of money during the raid which was said to have lasted for about an hour.
It’s the fourth bank robbery this year in Ekiti State and in all lives have been lost.