suspected armed robbers dead at a bank
robbery in Owerri, capital of the state.
According to Eyewitnesses reports,the
three-man gang had attacked a customer
who used the branch of Diamond Bank to
withdraw an unspecified sum of money,
when they encountered policemen attached
to the Shell Camp 11 police division, who
were on routine patrol in the state capital.
The spokesperson for the police in the
state, Andrew Enwerem, confirmed the
deaths of the two of the robbers, noting
that the police had launched a manhunt for
the other robber who escaped with
injuries.