{"id":86474,"date":"2021-09-29T15:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86474"},"modified":"2021-09-29T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:59:08","slug":"gunmen-attack-wema-bank-police-station-kill-two-inspectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-attack-wema-bank-police-station-kill-two-inspectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack Wema Bank, police station, kill two Inspectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1712236037618495529\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Osun State Police Command has confirmed the death of two Inspectors who tried to thwart a bank robbery on Tuesday in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">SP Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson for the police in the state, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Opalola gave the name of the two deceased officers as Ogunbiyi Ahmed and Odeyemi Ayinla.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She recalled that the armed robbers, numbering 20 came in a commando-like style at about 2.55 p.m. in four vehicles and attacked the Iragbiji Divisional Police Headquarters and Wema Bank, in the town.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Opalola said: \u201cThe robbers invaded the Police Divisional Headquarters and Wema Bank with sporadic shooting and launching of explosive devices in an attempt to disorganise, incapacitate and destabilise the police, who are in a fierce gun battle with them while robbing the bank.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs a result, some parts of Divisional Police Headquarters were damaged. The robbers also shot at an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) tyres with explosive devices.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe robbers in a bid to gain entry into the bank blew off its security door with dynamite, ATM was also destroyed, but an attempt to break into the bank strong room was foiled.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt is unfortunate that in the course of the incident and during the pursuit of the fleeing bandits,\u00a0 two police Inspectors, namely Ogunbiyi Ahmed and Odeyemi Ayinla were shot dead,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The police spokesperson said that during the fierce gun duel, the robbers fled, abandoning their unexploded dynamites and two vehicles.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She appealed to the people of the state to report to the police any person or persons with suspected gunshot wounds.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osun State Police Command has confirmed the death of two Inspectors who tried to thwart a bank robbery on Tuesday in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state. 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