According to a report from Vanguard news paper, IKARE, Akoko North East area of Ondo State, was turned into a war arena on Tuesday, when a -25-member armed robbery gang invaded it, killing no fewer than 21 persons including eight policemen, one undergraduate, two secondary school pupils and five bankers.
Residents of the town cried uncontrollably as they raced to the scenes of tragedy to know the identities of those killed.
The robbers target was the bullion van of one of the old generation banks conveying N25m to the branch of the bank in Ikare.
But they also had plan B, that is, rob four other banks. First, they decided to go on shooting spree killing people indiscriminately to create fear in the town.
•One of the banks attacked
In a commando style, the robbers, said to have been dressed in MOPOL uniform, on arrival in the town at about 3pm on the ill-fated day, headed straight to a police station along Ikare/Owo Road, killed four policemen on duty and wounded four others.
The manner of their operation showed that they did their home work properly and knew when to strike.
A police source said: “The robbers used general purpose machine guns, improvised explosive devices and other sophisticated weapons and came in large number and syndicated themselves.”
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