The Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force says it recovered three of the vehicles used in bank robberies in the Ankpa region of the state on Tuesday. SaharaReporters had reported that robbers armed with sophisticated weapons on Tuesday raided banks in the Ankpa Local Government Area of the state. The robbers stormed the community and operated for close to an hour unchallenged. The fleeing armed men were said to have abandoned the three vehicles at the scene of the crime.
Armed robbers armed with sophisticated weapons on Tuesday afternoon raided banks in the Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi state. The robbers, said to be large in their numbers, stormed the community and operated for close to an hour unchallenged. “In Ankpa LG of Kogi State today, Armed robbers stormed the banks and operated for close to an hour unchallenged. “They moved from one bank to the other and left the town in bullet shells. Police and other security operators in Ankpa town ran away for their own lives,” a source in the community told SaharaReporters.
Armed robbers who raided multiple banks in Kogi State arrived in the affected community in several buses, cars and motorbikes, SaharaReporters has learnt. SaharaReporters earlier reported that robbers armed with sophisticated weapons on Tuesday afternoon raided banks in the Ankpa Local Government Area of the state. The robbers, said to be in large number, stormed the community and operated for close to an hour unchallenged. “In Ankpa LG of Kogi State today, Armed robbers storm the banks and operated for close to an hour unchallenged.
At the last count on Tuesday, December 21, 12 members of the robbery gang who attacked banks and security formations last week in Egbe and Odo Ere communities in Yagba West Local Council