One of the armed robbers that attacked the Skye Bank branch
at Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state has been nabbed, Sahara
Reporters has learned.
The bandit was caught and handed over to detectives at a
local village known as Uzebba in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo state
on Friday afternoon.
Yesterday, the armed robbers numbering about twenty had
attacked the Skye Bank local branch in Ifon forcing their way in by using
dynamites to blow off the door.
The robbers also killed three policemen on duty and carted
away a huge sum of an unspecified amount of money deposited in the bank vaults.
Sahara Reporters had exclusively got the names of the
deceased policemen as: Adeniyi Jimoh, Alex Sampson, and Daramola Oluwole.
Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, the Commissioner of Police in the state
had already paid condolence visits to the families of the trio.
Adeyanju during the visits promised that the force would
ensure the families of the three policemen are well catered for.
"Let me assure that the police would do everything in
its capacity to take good care of the families of the deceased".
Femi Joseph, Police Spokesman in the state had confirmed the
arrest in a terse forwarded to some journalists and also obtained by our
correspondent in Akure.
Mr. Joseph said the suspect was nabbed where he had gone to
treat the wounds he sustained on his leg following a gun duel with the
policemen in operation.
"We have been able to arrest of one the person
suspected to be among those who perpetrated yesterday's robbery."
"He was arrested at a village in Edo state where he had
gone to treat the wound on his leg which he sustained through a gun duel with
our officers."
"Currently, he is now in our custody and is helping
detectives on how others can be arrested through investigation".
While speaking further on the telephone, the police
spokesman also told Sahara Reporters that the name of the arrested bandit was
being "deliberately protected" to avoid disclosing the tactic in the
ongoing investigation.
He said the detectives from the Special Anti Robbery Squad
(SARS) are still on the trail of other gang members of the group who currently
at large.
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