According to Punch Metro, armed robbers numbering about 40 stormed four commercial banks in the Agbara area of Ogun State on Thursday killing a nursing mother and two policemen including a corporal identified as Kadiri Aliyu.
Punch Metro learnt that the robbers stormed Bank Road, Agbara Estate, around 8.30am and reportedly carted away millions of naira from Zenith Bank.
Punch Metro learnt that the assailants, clad in army and police uniforms, sacked policemen inside an Armoured Personnel Carrier in the area and shot sporadically, killing Aliyu.
They also robbed customers withdrawing money from the ATM.
One of The Punch correspondents, who visited the scene of the robbery, saw expended bullets in the surroundings. It was also observed that the glass of the APC and a billboard belonging to First Bank were bullet-ridden while the rotor doors of Guaranty Trust Bank were destroyed by gunshots.
The robbers, however, failed to gain entry into GTB and First Bank.
An eyewitness, who identified himself only as Wahab, said the robbers loaded the money they stole from Zenith Bank in four cars and left the area.
He said, “I was looking at them from the company where I work while they packed money inside the cars. They felt very confident. The policemen fled.”
It was learnt that a pregnant woman, who had been to one of the banks to do a transaction, was shot in the leg while other customers were said to have sustained gun shot injuries.
Punch Metro learnt that a nursing mother, who was identified only as Ope, and a woman were hit by bullets in a market along Ilashe Road, where the robbers passed through to link the waterside they used as an escape route.
An eyewitness, Michael Chinedu, said the pregnant woman was shot when she was caught looking at the robbers.
He said, “I had come to use Zenith Bank ATM when the robbers came. It was as if I was at a war front. Some of them were on power bikes and they were shooting sporadically. They shouted at us to lie face down. I think a woman was shot for attempting to look at their faces. I am not sure whether she died or not. They entered the bank. It was terrible.”
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