Two of the armed robbers who stormed a police station and murdered officers in Otukpo, Benue State, on Friday have been apprehended and killed by police in Benue State.
According to jerrymusa.com the thieves stole an undetermined quantity of money from many banks, including First Bank, United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank, Access, and Stanbic Bank, before they attacked the police station.
The spokesman for the Benue State Police Command, Catherine Anene, revealed in a statement on Saturday that security personnel had stopped the robbers at the Otukpo-Taraku route and had murdered two of them.
According to the statement, simultaneous armed robberies occurred at Access, First, Zenith, UBA, and Stanbic Bank Otukpo on October 20, 2023, at about 16:15 hours.
“CSP. John Adikwu, the Otukpo Divisional Police Officer, and other police teams in the region engaged them in a gun fight but were unable to stop their onslaught on the banks.
“More police teams were sent to Otukpo in cooperation with other security personnel to help stabilise the situation and stop the robbers from fleeing.
“The bandits who were stopped near the Otukpo-Taraku route engaged the officers in a gunfight, which resulted in the deaths of two of the criminals.
“Other gang members left their cars unattended and fled into the bush, where they are being pursued by the police.
“Three more police officers and the DPO, who was shot in the stomach, have all been identified as deceased at the hospital.
Other people who were hurt in the bank have been sent to the hospital for treatment, according to the report. The investigation is still ongoing.