The Commissioner of Police in Osun, Olawale Olokode on Friday said that during the attack by armed robbers in a commercial bank in Okuku on Thursday, N600, 000 was stolen.
Olokode disclosed this in a statement released to newsmen by the spokesperson for the Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, on Friday in Osogbo.
He said that the armed robbers forced a staff of the bank to open the bank’s Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), from where they stole the money.
The CP said that an attempt to open the other ATM machines and bank vault by the armed robbers was aborted due to quick response from the Police and other security outfits.
Olokode confirmed that two persons lost their lives during the operation and appealed to the people of the state, especially residents of Okuku, to collaborate with the Police Command by giving its officers timely information that would ensure the arrest of the criminals who perpetrated the act.
