heavenly feeling:

This is very sad. This failed(?) night operation will encourage them to go for more day operation and ofcourse you that is death to bankers,customers,police,passersby etc. And these set of people are either your relatives or neighbors.
A govt.(country) that can not protect her citizens against both internal and external aggressions is a failed and an irresponsible govt. GEJ and other april 2011 election aspirants take note!

I think this is an unreasonable comment. There is no country in the world, no matter the development, popularity and effectiveness of the government that is devoid of heists or bank robberies. The blame should be on the bank for failing to have guards or be ok with them being AWOL. Btw, I am not a GEJ stan. Its annoying how every thread on nl these days has to be traced to tribal or political lines. .

Silly news. Sun news.

I laugh at some of the stories we read in the newspapers. Robbers attacked a bank with dynamite and other sophisticated weapons, operated for over 3 hrs without police intervention. The joke; someone was actually able to count them, give a description of how they grouped themselves and how the operation was done. If you have ever witnessed a situation like this in Nigeria before, you would definitely laugh at such stories.
Unfortunately, this is the same scenario you have with a lot of other stories in Nigeria. There is hardly any news out there that states exactly what happened. I would advise that we see this news as a means of knowing what is going on only but not as facts.

thnk God no one was hurt even after all no efforts no money was stolen , . i applaud the bank for its effective security system, more banks ought to upgrade their security levels

Did I hear this thing happened in Lagos. Is Fashola still in charge, I cant believe it maybe it happened in the Ogun state axis not Lagos because since Fashola came to power, this type of unbriddled attack has not been recorded so I suspect it happened outside Lagos. The poster should be specific on which part of the divide the bank is located. I am sure it is in Ogun state where anything goes.

I stayed in ayobo and you won't believe that there are two police station so close to the bank.In 9ja only God is our security.The branch has resumed operations on Tuesday.

forensic ma @ss

Does anybody know which bank this is??

What is the name of the bank or is this a secret which if told will hinder police investigations or the lack of it

Bomb this, bomb that.
tufiakwa, soon idiots go dey use bomb brush teeth. Naija and our over-sabi!!

pple beliv dis? Smh.

Nigeria is becoming interesting. That is a sign of technical development. Good job but they need to work harder. Get powerful explosives

Police keep up the good work always getting to a crime scene after about 5hours, I'm not disappointed it is the usual routine in nigeria.

Everything about this story is suspect. Unless there was an eye witness, where did the exact details of the story come from?
Even worse of course is that if it's true, armed robbers can mount a 3 hour operation with no resistance? I mean what's the point of even having a police force. It seems the the only thing there good for is mounting road blocks and killing civilians or becoming pawns for political power brokers.

Are Nigeria's problems actually fixable?

Maybe, the incident wasn't well reported by the Journalist, but, really, It did happen!! I went a visiting that day, and slept over in the area. Really, It was such a night of terror, But, thank God that no life was lost.


The bank's intercontinental,

^^i guessed it would be intercontinental. but why was it not mentioned in the report?

they had all the time to embellish the story but none to name the bank. na wa o.

"When Saturday Sun visited the bank yesterday, two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were stationed at the bank. Also, there were police vans in the bank premises. "



When the robbers visited the bank, where were the Police officers stationed?

The robbers lost their investment on Dynamite and gun-hiring and bullets, mmmmmiiiiiaaaooowwww I laff in CatsCity Language !!!

I think I like these guys, they came when they know nobody's gonna get hurt, Good GAME PLAN but bad TACTICS, So I say: BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,

philipinho:

I think I like these guys, they came when they know nobody's gonna get hurt, Good GAME PLAN but bad TACTICS, So I say: BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,

FOOD FOR TOT: HOW WERE THEY COUNTED WHILE OTHERS WERE PANICKING? WHO GAVE THE NUMBERS AS 50?

thank God no life was lost in all of this,but it really calls for concern bcus our general elections are just around d corner,and with the use of explosives here and there i just hope everything goes on well, chow.

philipinho:

I think I like these guys, they came when they know nobody's gonna get hurt, Good GAME PLAN but bad TACTICS, So I say: BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,

There is actually a ''Red Alert" on planned attacks on banks nationwide. Ecobank in Benin was also robbed last week and millions where carted away. This is outrageous!!!

Mobinga:

pple beliv dis? Smh.

Why not, na? Because its The Sun? Lol

hustla:

forensic ma @ss

Dude you just read my mind.

The bank in question is Intercontinental Bank and the bank is so close to Ayobo Police station which is just 100 steps by walk away from the bank. Imagine, they robbed for 3 hrs, where r the police? Is it not same police that shot at random and hit a child with the bullet stocked in the child's head which fashola help with the operation? They only knw hw to bully ordinary citizen but can't face robbers with their arms and ammunition. I guess the other end the robbers stationed themselves was facing the police station and there were so intimidated to face them.

I heard they made away with cash and no Bank manager would want to confess or disclose that they made away with cash or else their customer would come to withdraw their monies the following day.

u4nbl:

i think police shud be ashamed of themselves.

Dem go police academy just 2 learn how 2 hide. . .

D Robbers no try. . .dem 4 uproot and carry d building. . .

haba! 50!!!!!! lmao, na army? n sum1 was prolly sitting by his window counting, #okbye

na so politician come turn dis country to war zone rubbers should go 4 them

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I knew that a day will come when guns would be replaced with explosives. We are getting there.