Ogun bank robbery: IG deploys helicopters

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has deployed the Air Wing Unit of the force along with officials of the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad to track down the gang that robbed a Zenith Bank branch in Agbara, Ogun State on Thursday, killing a policeman and injuring many others. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the multi-agency manhunt launched to search for the robbers also includes the Federal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau. Spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said the Ogun and Lagos states’ commands were also working together on the operation. He assured that the robbers would soon be tracked down by security operatives. Adejobi said, “Let me make it clear that they will be caught soon. I cannot give too much information for now. But people don’t rob in Ogun and go scot-free. I want to also clarify that it is untrue that they killed more than one policeman. Only a policeman attached to the bank was killed. “Another policeman was injured but did not die. He is currently receiving treatment. No nursing mother was killed as earlier reported. Members of the public who were shot are receiving treatment.” The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said on Thursday during a news briefing that the robbers might still be holed up in creeks in the area. He, however, added that it would be impossible for the robbers to escape through Lagos because the state’s end of the creeks had been cordoned off by the police. SOURCE: PUNCH