Yesterday's bank robbery In Ikorodu attacks were led by a woman- Eyewitnesses

We got a short story from people who witnessed the dare devil robbery at 2two difference banks at Ikorodu yesterday said the incident was led by a lady with her gang.

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.

Here as some of the gang members held everyone in bank hostage while looting additional cash from the bank strong room, the other gangs were also doing the same at the First Bank branch in that same area.

We they were satisfied with their bounty, the gunmen stormed out and challenged policemen, whose station is just opposite the First Bank branch, in confrontation.

 Even though there is no policeman was in sight, When they displayed more bravado by setting three Sports Utility Vehicles which they drove to the banks with fire. Before this, they had removed the number plates of the vehicles.

A young lady of this gang 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 in the area, simply identified as Rilwan by his name, 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 up indiscriminately.

They were said to have opened fire at the police station to scare all the police officers, after which they proceeded with their operation.

It was also reported that the robbers used dynamite to shatter the rotor doors of the two banks to gain entrance free and order members of staff and their customers to lie down and get their eyes closed.

It was gathered in the report that some of the gunmen were outside the banks patrolling and also firing into the air for over an hour.

It was gather that some of the operatives on duty, comprising policemen and soldiers in arrived to the area around 01.30pm after the robbers had fled out.

The Punch correspondent, who visited the Ikorodu General Hospital, where the people injured victims were taken for treatment, met an employee of the Zenith Bank also with a customer, who gave his name simply as Mr. Segun.

The banker name withheld and Segun sustained injuries after hitting their heads on glasses while the teenage vulcaniser and the fourth victim is an okada rider were hit by stray bullets.

He said the robbers carted away over N80m from Zenith Bank which “a bullion van was to transport out of the bank.

The banker nareted: 

They shouted, open the door, open the door, but none of us reply 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 ATM Machine, and he shouted, Haaa! 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 in.

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 once again again, Eheee, Area, Zico give me bags, Give me bags.  

Come and see money wey we dey look for. They packed all the money in the strong room which is more   more than N60m in total.

Also we were expecting a bullion van to move out the money before the incident happened.