Adebayo Adenrele
News reaching NEWSTODAYNG says that armed robbers have attacked two commercial banks in Ikere-Ekiti, the headquarters of Ikere local government area of Ekiti State.
NEWSTODAYNG gathered that the masked armed robbers numbering twenty stormed the town around 5:15pm and carried out the attacks at Wema bank and Access bank located at Odo Oja and Oke-osun simultaneously.
According to reports, the gun-wielding robbers first attacked the Ikere command of the Amotekun Corps along Ise Road and reportedly shot some operatives before attacking the banks.
The attack, which lasted about 45 minutes, was said to have claimed three lives while scores sustained bodily injuries.
The armed robbers broke the security door as well as several cars parked in the vicinity of the banks with the aid of dynamite, and carted away unspecified huge sum of money.
However, the Ekiti State Police spokesman, Sunday Abutu could not be reached at the press time of filing this reports, as several calls and messages were made to his mobile phone but were neither answered nor replied to.
Meanwhile, in a telephone chat, the Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Alagbado expressed shock at the robbery incident.
He said it was unfortunate the armed robbers carried out the operations for several minutes unhindered and escaped despite presence of military checkpoints and Police Area Command in the town.
Oba Alagbado said he has discussed the matter with the security agents and that those who carried out the dastardly act must be arrested and prosecuted.
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