ZENITH BANK ROBBERY ATTACK: Incident Report From Imo State Police Command

At about 1510hrs, there was distress call that
zenith bank situated along Wetheral road Owerri
was under attack. The CP Command Imo State CP
Taiwo Lakanu, fdc led a combined team of Police
patrol and Detectives to the scene.

On Arrival, the
operatives engaged the four armed robbers that
arrived the bank with an ash colour Toyota Camry
in a shoot out. At the end of the shoot out, three
Police men sustained various degrees of gun shot
injuries.

One of the armed robbers was short dead and one
AK47 Rifle with 100 rds of Ammunition that was
earlier snatched from a policeman on 24/11/2016
was recovered from the dead Armed robber with
three magazines.

Others robbers escaped with
serious gun shot injuries. The wounded Policemen
are receiving treatment in the hospital.

Police
operatives is intensifying patrols for the arrest of
the fleeing robbers. The robbers could not gain
entrance into the banking hall following the swift
response of Police operatives.

From PPRO IMO state.