Dare devil armed robbers attacked a cash laden
bullion van at Elemoso village along Ondo – Akure
road in Ondo East local government area of the state
looting a bullion van and escaped with undisclosed
amount of money.
The bullion van and the escort vehicle were found
ridden with bullets in the incident which was said to
have occurred at about 4:50pm and the armed men
made away with the cash supposedly belonging to
United Bank for Africa.
An eye witness told journalists that the policemen
were caught unawares after the armed robbers shot
sporadically at the police escorts’ van and the bullion
van simultaneously.
He explained that the policemen and the driver of the
van took to their heels immediately the hoodlums
opened fire on them, noting that some of the
occupants of the van would have been hit by bullets
in the process.
He stated that the operation lasted for just about
seven minutes, even as the agrarian community was
turned into a ghost town while the operation lasted
as no member of the community could withstand the
superior ammunitions of the robbers.
“The speed breaker erected on the highway helped
the armed men. They overtook the vans and open fire
on the policemen before they could realise what was
going on. The men are better equipped because they
operated with confidence,” the source said.
However, a middle aged man, simply identified as
Pastor Ajah who was coming from Ondo town ran
into the rain of bullets and sustained bullet wounds.
Ajah, a school proprietor in the area, was said to be
coming from a mechanic workshop in Ondo town
with his Toyota Sienna Bus with registration
Number AA733FTD when he ran into the hoodlums
who opened fire on him and his car. He is said to
have been taken to the general hospital.
They were seen driving away in a red car through an
untarred road linking the area with Ile Oluji, a
neighbouring town.
Ondo State police commissioner, Isaac Eke,
described the attack as shocking, his men said had
launched a manhunt to track and arrest the robbers.
According to Eke, the command suspects conspiracy
in the attack, noting that official bookings of security
was not made at the police Operations Department
before the assignment was carried out, saying
conspiracy would not be ruled out in the attack.
He also noted that none of the police escorts in the
convoy had reported to the station and their
whereabouts remain unknown as of the time of filing
this report.
The Police boss vowed that his men would soon
arrest and bring the hoodlums to book urging all law
abiding citizens to go about their lawful business.

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