10 Feared Dead As Robbers Storm Igara Banks

10 persons including a policeman are feared dead following a failed attempt by armed robbers to road two banks after they invaded Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State. According to reports, the robbers attacked a police station about 1.2 kilometres from the banks, set ablaze the official vehicle of the newly posted Area Commander and killed a policeman. The robbers also killed two people who had been detained for minor offences at the station were also killed. Report has it that one of the detainees was arrested for incomplete vehicle particulars. 4 others were also reportedly murdered within the premises of the two banks as the robbers failed to get access to the vault of the banks, while three other persons were reportedly killed near the police station. A youth in the community who spoke with newsmen said they tried to resist the robbers but were overpowered by their firepower but said that the police in the banks had exchanged gunfire which he said was responsible for the death of the three unidentifiable bodies. 

The Palace Secretary to the paramount ruler of the community, Otaru of Igarra, Elder Folorunsho Dania who confirmed the incident to Vanguard on phone said “This is a serious case, armed robbers have besieged Igarra so many lives killed, 10 dead persons have been counted. “The police station set ablaze, the Area Commander’s new car set ablaze because we have an area commander now, then close to the police station, three people were killed and in the banks many persons were killed during the raid on the banks. It is a calamity. “In all, 10 lives have gone. They could not access the strong room of the banks. The people that were killed in bank were outside the bank premises. “Four persons killed within the bank premises, a policeman killed in the police station then a stone throw from the police station, three persons were killed, the car of the new area commander was set ablaze. Igarra is in a war scene, I am right at the police station. “ It would be recalled that six persons were killed in similar manner in November 2015 when armed robbers invaded the community.” As at the time of this report, the Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor said information about the attack was still sketchy and would release more details later.” Photo Credit: Getty

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