A two-man
gang of armed robbers that operated on a motorcycle last Friday shot a
middle-aged man dead at Mokola area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The incident
occurred about 5p.m at Adelaja Junction, Mokola Ibadan.
The victim,
whose identity was yet to be ascertained, was said to be returning from a pool
centre when he was shot dead.
Sunday Sun gathered that the armed robbers
shot the man dead in an attempt to evade arrest by the policemen that gave them
a hot chase.
The robbers had reportedly trailed their
victim to a commercial bank at Mokola area and successfully dispossessed him of
a “Ghana must go” bag containing huge amount of money.
An
eyewitness, who preferred anonymity, said: “It was like a drama to us. I was at
a place behind Group Medical Hospital near Mokola roundabout when I suddenly
heard sporadic gunshots. All I did was that I took cover. “Later, I was told
that a person came out of a bank at Mokola after collecting money. The armed
robbers, who had been waiting for him, went after him and collected the money
from him. In the process, the police sighted them and pursued the robbers with
their white Hilux van as they tried to escape on their motorcycle. The police
shot sporadically into the air as the robbers too were shooting.”
But another version of the story stated that
the armed robbers actually robbed an operator of a Bureau De Change at Sabo
area of Mokola. The robbers purportedly engaged in a gun duel with the police
in attempt to escape on a motorcycle.
Mr. Kabiru Adeoye, who witnessed the
incident, said the armed robbers were on a motorcycle when the police pursued
them with a white Hilux van. When contacted, the police spokesperson in Oyo
State, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the incident, saying the motorcycle
and a cut-to-size pistol, which the robbers used for the operation, had been
recovered.
“But he was in cold blood when I got to the
spot of the incident. The police recovered some huge amount of money. It is
unfortunate to see this kind of a thing in this kind of time,” he said.
When contacted, the police spokesperson in
Oyo State, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the incident, saying the
motorcycle and a cut-to-size pistol, which the robbers used for the operation,
had been recovered.
He said the Commissioner of Police in the
state, Mr. Abiodun Odude, has directed the Special Anti-Robbery Squad to begin
investigation into the incident.
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