AREa, Zico come and see money.See money wey we dey look for,” screamed one of the robbers.
In a jiffy, the robbers packed about N20m said to have been arranged for loading into the Automated Teller Machines at a Zenith Bank branch in Ebute-Ipakodo in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Wednesday morning.
A bank official, who narrated how the robbery took place, said the ecstasy displayed by the robbers was only comparable to “what you see when a footballer scores a decisive goal.”
As some of the gang members held everyone in bank hostage while looting additional cash from the strong room, others were doing the same at the First Bank branch in the area.
Satisfied with their bounty, the gunmen stormed out and challenged policemen, whose station is opposite the First Bank branch, to confront them.
[/media-credit] victim in the hospital
Even though no policeman was in sight, they displayed more bravado by setting three Sports Utility Vehicles which they drove to the banks, on fire. Before this, they had removed the number plates of the vehicles.
A young lady was said to have led the over one hour attacks which bore semblance of the March 12 robbery in Lekki, Lagos.
Four persons, including a teenage apprentice vulcaniser, simply identified as Rilwan, were injured by the robbers who fled through a jetty in the area.
It was learnt that the bandits, numbering about 16 invaded the banks, located directly opposite the Ipakodo Police Division, at about 9am and started shooting indiscriminately. They were said to have opened fire at the police station to scare the officers, after which they proceeded with their operation.
PUNCH Metrolearnt that the robbers used dynamite to shatter the rotor doors of the two banks to gain entrance and order members of staff and their customers to lie down.
It was gathered that some of the gunmen were outside the banks firing into the air for over an hour.
Some security operatives, comprising policemen and soldiers, arrived the area around 1.30pm after the robbers had fled.
Our correspondent, who visited the Ikorodu General Hospital, where the injured victims were taken to, met an employee of the Zenith Bank and a customer,who gave his name simply as Segun.
The banker (name withheld) and Segun sustained injuries after hitting their heads on glasses while the teenage vulcaniser and the fourth victim, anokada(motorcycle) rider, were hit by stray bullets.
The bank official narrated the incident to sympathisers and our correspondent who found his way into the hospital.
He said the robbers carted away over N80m from Zenith Bank which “a bullion van was to transport out of the bank.”
[/media-credit] victim in the hospital
The banker added, “They shouted, ‘open the door, open the door’, but none of us answered them. Suddenly, we heard an explosion and the glass went down. I was wounded by broken glasses.
“One of them entered and when he saw about N20m that we had arranged to put inside our ATMs, he shouted, ‘Area, Zico see money. See money wey we dey look for.’He started dancing. He pulled a lady among us and ordered her to pack the money inside the bags they brought. After packing the money, the robbers ordered her to lead them to the strong room.
“When the lady opened the strong room, the robber that shouted in the ATM room exclaimed again, ‘Eheeeee, Area, Zico give me bags! Give me bags. Come and see money wey we dey look for. They packed everything in the strong room; more than N60m. We were expecting a bullion van to move the money before the incident happened.”
Segun, said, “I was at the ATM section of the Zenith Bank to withdraw money. Suddenly, there were gunshots. Two of the gunmen came in and one of them threw me on the floor. He wanted to shoot, but his colleague told him to leave me.”

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Dey r new comers in the business..may Almighty exposure all of dem..

this is stunning!

i believe they are jjc in the business & they strategized wella...but they will soon be caught.

The last sentence really struck me. Thank God that Segun guy was left alone else he would have been a casualty in the robbery incident and sadly, the only one.

"johnny just come"

you should learn other means of getting money instead of robbery

sagr:
Dey r new comers in the business..may Almighty exposure all of dem..

The fact u re writing jamb for the 1st time, and well prepared does not mean u will fail ooh.

Many people dat are writing Jamb for years have been failing because, dey didn't prepare for it.

These boys, planned it well,

*acquiring sophisticated weapons( how many robbers u don hear say dem carry explosives before?)

*the entry.

*the scaring away of hindrances( scaring the police away).

*the operation proper( under 1hr) proper timing.

*the exit plan.

*the fortification,(odeshi)

*they didn't kill anyone, which means that they are only there for the business of the day(the money).



These boi might be amatuers but, they certainly knew what they were doing.






Meanwhile agarawu23

chigoizie7:



The fact u re writing jamb for the 1st time, and well prepared does not mean u will fail ooh.

Many people dat are writing Jamb for years have been failing because, dey didn't prepare for it.

These boys, planned it well,

*acquiring sophisticated weapons( how many robbers u don hear say dem carry explosives before?)

*the entry.

*the scaring away of hindrances( scaring the police away).

*the operation proper( under 1hr) proper timing.

*the exit plan.

*the fortification,(odeshi)

*they didn't kill anyone, which means that they are only there for the business of the day(the money).



These boi might be amatuers but, they certainly knew what they were doing.






Meanwhile agarawu23

True talk boss...
It is my first time to hear dat armed robbers escaped through a jetty, bombed the cars they used...