“The policemen and the driver of the van took to their heels immediately the hoodlums opened fire on them. The operation lasted for just about seven minutes.
The robbers were said to have looted the bullion van and escaped with undisclosed amount of money. Armed robbers attacked a bullion van at Elemoso village along Ondo-Akure Road in the Ondo East Local Government Area of the state.
According to an eye witness who narrated the story to punch; The bullion van and the escort
vehicle were rained bullets as the policemen were caught unawares. The rubbers made away with the cash in the bullion van which was supposedly belonging to UBA
The speed breaker erected on the highway helped the armed men.
They overtook the vans and opened fire on the policemen before they could realise what was going on. The men were better equipped because they operated with confidence.” However a middle-aged man, simply identified as Pastor Ajah, who was coming from Ondo town ran into the rain of bullets and sustained bullet wounds. He was said to have been taken to a general hospital.
He said,
The command suspects conspiracy in the attack. Official booking of security was not made at the Police Operations Department before the assignment was carried out.“Also, none of the escort police officers in the convoy had reported to the station. Their whereabouts remained unknown. But we will soon arrest and bring the hoodlums to book. All law abiding citizens are advised to go about their lawful business.”Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke, described the attack as shocking, adding that the police had launched a manhunt to track and arrest the robbers. Eke said,
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