A group of armed robbers attacked an Access Bank branch and a First Bank branch in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State on Thursday, March 7.
A video trending on social media indicated that the hoodlums launched a heavy attack on the two financial institutions around 5 pm.
Eyewitness accounts also indicated the robbers first attacked a police station in the town before going after the banks where an unspecified amount of money was allegedly carted away by the armed robbers.
In their assault against the police station along Anyigba -Idah road, they reportedly k!lled a policeman who was simply identified as Idoko.
The source said that the slain policeman had just been transferred to the station, and hailed from Iyale, a neighbouring town in the same local government area.
Also killed in the attack, according to the source, is a man, popularly known as Alagama who sells petty items at the roundabout in Anyigba a few metres from the scene of the incident. He was struck by a stray bullet during the operation.
The eyewitness also revealed that the gunmen trailed the bullion van of the Access Bank to their office at Anyigba where they disarmed the security details before carting away all the money.
Another group said to be members of the hoodlums also invaded First Bank in the town and made away with an unspecified amount of money
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Kogi State Police Command, SP William Aya, did not respond to calls or texts sent to him over the incident.
See some of the clips from the scene, including one where a policeman was hiding behind a wall and when the robbers were driving away with their loot.
