The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr Kola Sodipo has confirmed the armed robbers that attacked branches of First Bank, Skye Bank and Union bank in Ikirun, Osun State on Friday killed two policemen and two bankers before police overpowered them and killed four of them.
According to a press statement by the CP, four members of the robbery gang, Aderibigbe Oluwaseun, Ndubisi David, Ayuba Abubaka Saliu and Nuhu Jimoh were arrested and three AK47 rifles with 124 rounds of live ammunitions were recovered from the suspects.
The CP said police responded promptly to distress calls from the banks and confronted the armed robbers who were armed with sophisticated weapons and improvised explosive devices.
The police boss also disclosed that N7.4 million the robbers stole and a Nissan
Sunny Car that they used for the operation were recovered from the suspects after their arrest.
The CP said the Armoured Personnel Carrier provided for the police in Osun helped the policemen to overpower the armed robbers, and that full scale investigation into the incident had commenced.