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Edo Bank Robbery: Cash Recovered From Fleeing Robbers

The Edo State Police Command, South South Nigeria has recovered cash of over N34m, four vehicles, and two motorcycles believed to have been abandoned by robbers who robbed 4 banks in Uromi.

Gatekeepers News reports that this was disclosed in a press statement by the Edo State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Kontongs Bello(SP).

The statement said a combined of police and vigilante groups evacuated the abandoned items to the police station.

The Police believed that the cash to have been abandoned by fleeing armed robbers that had raided four banks in Uromi, Esan North-East local government area of Edo state.

Gatekeepers News had earlier reported that Armed robbers attacked four banks in Uromi while eight persons made up of two policemen and six civilians including a mad man reportedly lost their lives.

The items were said to have been abandoned near the railway on the road to Ubiaja when youths from the area reportedly mounted barricades when they heard of the incident in Uromi which is a few meters from the scene of the robberies.

The statement reads: “Today 25/02/2022 at about 0730 Operatives of the Edo state police command in conjunction with local Vigilantes accompanied by Chief John Odijie, the Oniha of Ubiaja led by the DPO Ubiaja acting on credible information that some vehicles suspected to have been used by armed Robbers in Uromi Bank Robbery Operations on the 24/02 /2022 were seen hidden in Oruen Quarters Bush of Ubiaja in Esan south East Local Government Area of Edo State.

“On receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ubiaja mobilized his men who during the bank robbery operations blocked all the exit routes from in and out of Uromi town, together with the team immediately mobilize to the location and recovered the following vehicles and items; One Red Colour Camry car with Reg.No. EZA 105 KJA, One ash Colour Camry Car with Reg. No. KWL 19 DU, One Dark Ash colour corolla car with Reg. No. UBJ 734 SZ, One Lexus 330 car with Reg. No. AAA 973 FL, One Red Q. Link M/CYCLE With Reg. No. EZA 105 QN, One Red Day Long M/Cycle With Reg. No. ENU 204 QL, Two small bags containing women’s Items, one Union Bank ATM card and Cash Sum Thirty-four million, five hundred and ten thousand Naira only ( #34,510,000.00).

“Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police Edo state police command CP Philip Aliyu Ogbadu while symphatizing with the families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident Promised not to relent until all those behind the attack are bought to face the full wrath of the law.”

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