A police officer was killed on Wednesday evening when some gunmen raided two banks in Osun State.
According to information gathered, the two banks are located in Ikire, Irewole Local Government and Apomu, Isokan Local Government – both off the Ibadan-Ile-Ife Expressway.
FirstNews learned that the gunmen killed a police guard at the bank in Apomu and shot a bank official in the leg.
They also reportedly shot a policeman during the attack on the bank in Ikire. They shot into the air to scare residents.
They were, however, repelled by the residents of the community-led by Oodua Peoples Congress members who came out in a large number to confront them.
The pressure forced the gunmen to abandon two vehicles which the Apomu OPC men recovered.
“They have taken the vehicles to the police, whose reinforcement came into town after the OPC men had chased away the gunmen,” a resident narrated.
“The attack on the bank in Apomu was like one in which people were watching the shooting of a film, but in this case, the people were also participating by throwing stones and whatever objects they could find at the ‘actors’ (gunmen)”, another resident said.
The spokesperson of the police in Osun State, Yemisi Opalola, a Superintendent said: “The Commissioner of Police, Mr Olawale Olokode, was at the scene of the crime. The robbers attacked two banks and they killed some people. They also attacked a police station during the operation.”