Command’s Spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the robbery, which was carried out in the early hours of Saturday.
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SP Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson for the police in the state, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the robbers, who were armed with AK 47 riffles and dynamite, attempted to rob the bank in Okeho, but were overpowered by police and local hunters.
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory said on Thursday it had arrested a fleeing member of the armed robbery gang that attempted to rob a bank at Mpape, FCT.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has recovered four locally made pistols, one Peugeot 206 car and two daggers from the suspects arrested over the December 28 failed bank robbery.
The meeting, which was convened at the behest of the Oyo State Security Trust Fund, was declared opened by the Deputy Governor, Chief Moses Adeyemo, at the House of Chiefs, State Secretariat, Ibadan on Tuesday.
Mohammed in Ilorin also condoled with the families of the victims of the April 5 robbery attack and described it as unfortunate and sad.
In a post on his Facebook page, Saraki stated he and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State had spoken earlier on Thursday evening, and they both agree that no stone will be left unturned until those that carried out the attack and robberies are found and prosecuted swiftly.
Residents said that the four robbers stormed the area around 7.30pm and announced their arrival by releasing sporadic shots into the air, forcing residents to scamper for safety
The state Commissioner of Police, Benjami Onwuka, told the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, during an assessment visit to Argungu that Sergeant Bala Sanyinna and a civilian, Malam Isa Dantagago, were killed in the attack on the state-owned Savings and Loans Bank