Hir Joseph
20 November 2008
Makurdi — A gang of heavily armed robbers yesterday attacked and took away hug sums of money from the Ogbokolo branch of a bank and in the process, killed one person and injured others. Ugbokolo is a Polytechnic town about 50 kilometers from Otukpo.
About nine robbers who stormed the bank at 9am shot their way into the strong room where they took away an undisclosed amount of money.
Witnesses said the robbers whose operation lasted several minutes, successfully left the bank and headed towards Otupko through the Benue State Polytechnic where they shot sporadically to stop any challenge. The witnesses said several people, including a male student were hit by the bullets. Reports also said the robbers opened fire on a Honda car whose occupants were the Managing Director of Ejifa Transport Services, Mr. Agbo Agbo, his personal aide and the driver. All three were reportedly wounded, while the personal assistant died. Our sources said also that a site labourer of PW which has a contract to construct a rural road around the area, was equally hit by the bullets. The robbers were said to have stormed the bank in two cars, and driven off before the police arrived. State Police Public Relations Officer Samuel Jinadu (DSP) refused to give official confirmation since, according to him, the information was still sketchy when contacted yesterday.
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there is a need to have a proper police presence so as to be able to curb this menace in our society. A lot of lives are being wasted in this country.