Further investigations on the robbery incident in Agbara industrial estate, has revealed that about 40 armed men, some women stormed four commercial banks killing a nursing mother and two policemen including a corporal identified as Kadiri Aliyu.
According to an eye witness, the robbers stormed Bank Road, Agbara Estate, around 8.30am and reportedly carted away millions of naira from Zenith Bank.
The robbers clad in army and police uniforms sacked policemen inside an armoured Personal Carrier , blew up the bank's rotor doors with dynamites before gaining entry into the bank.
They also robbed customers withdrawing money from the ATM. The robbers, however, failed to gain entry into GTB and First Bank.
Another eyewitness identified himself 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 also learnt that a pregnant woman, who had been to one of the banks to perform a transaction, was shot in the leg while other customers were said to have sustained gun injuries.
Another eyewitness told Akonuche 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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