{"id":8540,"date":"2018-04-06T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2018-04-06T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:52:35","slug":"offa-banks-robberies-saraki-promises-culprits-will-be-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=8540","title":{"rendered":"Offa banks robberies: Saraki promises culprits will be found"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President of the Senate and former Kwara Governor, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described Thursday\u2019s coordinated bank robberies and attack on unsuspecting citizens that led to several casualties as a despicable act committed by cruel individuals.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Latest counts put the number of lives lost in the attacks at 30. The figure includes police personnel attacked in their station, in an incident believed to be the worst in the history of bank robberies in Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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In a post on his Facebook page, Saraki stated he and Governor Ahmed had spoken, earlier\u00a0on Thursday evening<\/a>, and they both agree that no stone will be left unturned until those that carried out the attack and robberies are found and prosecuted swiftly.<\/div>\n
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He said:\u00a0\u201cYesterday\u2019s savage attack on unsuspecting citizens and establishments in Offa LGA, that led to significant loss of lives and injury is a despicable act committed by cruel individuals.<\/div>\n
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\n\u201cMake no mistake, there will never be any valid grounds or rationale behind such violence that has left many families without their loved ones \u2014 and one more community in grief and shock.
\n\u201cLast night, I spoke to Governor Ahmed to express my condolence on the lives that were lost in the attack, and we both agree that no stone will be left unturned until the perpetrators of this heinous act are caught and brought to justice. It is also important that we all work together to ensure that this does not reoccur. We all must co-operate at various levels to increase the security of our communities.
\n\u201cI pray that the souls of those that we lost yesterday are granted places amongst the righteous ones. My prayers and support will continue to be extended to all the affected families, and we will remain relentless until everyone who planned or carried out this attack faces the full wrath of the law. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), a gang of armed robbers onThursday raidedsome commercial banksin Offa, Kwara, killing some policemen and residents as well asmaking away with cash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe heavily armed hoodlums had attacked the Owode Police Station in the metropolis where they killed the policemen and some complainants before they raided the banks.
\nSources said some customers who were transacting businesses in the banks were also killed in the incident which was said to have lasted one hour.
\nThe robbers, according to eye witnesses, entered the town at about 4:45 pm and operated till about 5:40 pm unchallenged after blocking the Ilorin and Osogbo entrances into the town.
\nThey were said to have later made their escape through Igosun, a nearby community.
\nAmong those said to have been killed by the armed robbers were a police officer who was expected to retire in the next few months and a pregnant police woman.
\nThe bandits numbering at least 15, according to sources, came in different vehicles while they stationed themselves at strategic locations within the town while the operation lasted.
\nThey were also said to have snatched some motorcycles to aid their escape.
\nNAN further learnt that the injured were conveyed to the General Hospital, Offa, for treatment while the corpses of the deceased have been evacuated.
\nThe Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident, saying victims included policemen and other persons.
\nHe said details of the incident would be made public on completion of investigation.
\nNAN reports that Offa in the past had witnessed serial attacks on banks leading to the closure of some branches in the highly commercial community which houses the Federal Polytechnic, Offa.\n<\/div>\n
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