Robbers blow up Nigerian banks
Armed robbers blew up the entrances of five banks in central
Nigeria's Offa town with dynamite, in an operation which lasted for more
than an hour after the close of business and left six policemen and six
civilians dead.
Kwara State police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi told
BBC Yoruba that the police are investigating and working with the bank
managers to ascertain how much was carted away.
The incident has drawn widespread condemnation with graphic pictures of killed policemen and residents posted on social media.
The heavily armed gang had attacked the Owode Police
Station where they killed the policemen, before raiding the banks within the market area.
Police had recovered some of the vehicles stolen during the raid, Mr Okasanmi said.
Officers
were unable to stop the robbers because they were firing sporadically
in a densely populated business district, he added.
Robberies like this one have become a regular occurrence in Offa.
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