Three persons were killed by a gang of robbers, who attacked a bank at Ilara Mokin town in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Three persons were also said to be injured by stray bullets during the attack.
It was gathered that the armed robbers made away with an undisclosed amount of money.
The three victims were a policeman, a commercial motorcyclist and a journalist working with Elizade University, Mr Bunmi Afuye.
The robbers reportedly destroyed the bulletproof door of the bank with dynamite before invading the banking hall.
An eyewitness explained that the slain Okada rider and the Elizade worker were passing by when they ran into the robbers as the operation was ongoing.
A resident, who was inside the bank at the time, said the gunmen were six in number and struck around 3pm.
He said, “I was inside the bank when they came. Immediately, all of us lay down and they started shouting, ‘Where is the manager?’
“So, they got the key to the vault and packed the money there. But they were not satisfied with what they saw and they opened the Automated Teller Machine. By then, there was not enough money. That infuriated them and they shouted, ‘Where is the money?’ It seemed they didn’t get their target. After they took the money, they went out angrily shooting to escape the scene.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed the incident, adding that a team of policemen had been deployed in the scene, while investigation was ongoing.
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, reacting to the incident on Thursday, directed security agencies in the state to arrest “the perpetrators of this heinous crime and bring them to book in the shortest possible time.”
