Police recover vehicles used in Kogi bank robbery
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Kogi State Police Command said it recovered three vehicles used in bank robbery operations on Tuesday in the Ankpa area of the state.
The vehicles were reportedly abandoned at the scene of the theft by the fleeing armed robbers.
A confirmation statement issued Wednesday by Command Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, noted that "following the robbery attack on United Bank for Africa, First Bank and Zenith Bank Ankpa simultaneously , Police Commissioner Edward Egbuka immediately led a team of tactical officers to the scene for an on-site assessment."
According to him, police personnel on duty both at the station and at the banks quickly recovered from the sudden attack and bravely repelled the attackers who were forced to flee: some into nearby bushes , others with their vehicles.
Aya explained that the thugs had abandoned three vehicles used for the operation in their haste to flee, while some of them were already wounded by bullets.
He said he was optimistic that the recovered vehicles would aid in the investigation of the crime.
He said that the Commissioner of Police had ordered the deployment of additional operational assets made up of officers from the Police Mobile Force, the Counter-Terrorism Unit, the Rapid Response Unit and the state intelligence office in synergy with other security agencies to restore normality in the region. .
The CP used this medium to call on the residents of Ankpa and its neighboring communities to be on the lookout and report any bodies seen with gunshot wounds to the police or any other security force most close.
The PC assures that the Command is committed to working in synergy with other security agencies as well as patriotic stakeholders in the continued assault on crime and criminality to make the state a place safe and secure for one and all.
He further instructed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Investigations Department to initiate investigations to unravel the remote and immediate cause of the act, track down the thugs with a view to apprehending them and bringing them to justice. in court.
He urges members of the public to go about their lawful business while continuing to cooperate with police and other security agencies with credible and timely information about the activities of criminal elements in their vicinity.
Please share this story:
Kogi State Police Command said it recovered three vehicles used in bank robbery operations on Tuesday in the Ankpa area of the state.
The vehicles were reportedly abandoned at the scene of the theft by the fleeing armed robbers.
A confirmation statement issued Wednesday by Command Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, noted that "following the robbery attack on United Bank for Africa, First Bank and Zenith Bank Ankpa simultaneously , Police Commissioner Edward Egbuka immediately led a team of tactical officers to the scene for an on-site assessment."
According to him, police personnel on duty both at the station and at the banks quickly recovered from the sudden attack and bravely repelled the attackers who were forced to flee: some into nearby bushes , others with their vehicles.
Aya explained that the thugs had abandoned three vehicles used for the operation in their haste to flee, while some of them were already wounded by bullets.
He said he was optimistic that the recovered vehicles would aid in the investigation of the crime.
He said that the Commissioner of Police had ordered the deployment of additional operational assets made up of officers from the Police Mobile Force, the Counter-Terrorism Unit, the Rapid Response Unit and the state intelligence office in synergy with other security agencies to restore normality in the region. .
The CP used this medium to call on the residents of Ankpa and its neighboring communities to be on the lookout and report any bodies seen with gunshot wounds to the police or any other security force most close.
The PC assures that the Command is committed to working in synergy with other security agencies as well as patriotic stakeholders in the continued assault on crime and criminality to make the state a place safe and secure for one and all.
He further instructed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Investigations Department to initiate investigations to unravel the remote and immediate cause of the act, track down the thugs with a view to apprehending them and bringing them to justice. in court.
He urges members of the public to go about their lawful business while continuing to cooperate with police and other security agencies with credible and timely information about the activities of criminal elements in their vicinity.
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