BENIN — Edo Police Command has recovered N34, 510,000 from fleeing armed robbers who on Thursday evening attacked four commercial banks at Uromi, headquarters of Esan Northeast Local Government Area of the state.
A press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bello Kontongs, a Superintendent of Police (SP), titled: “Recovery of Abandoned Vehicles/Other Items Used in Uromi Bank Robbery” said the money was recovered from the abandoned operational vehicles used by the armed robbers at a bush in neighbouring Ubiaja, Esan Southeast LGA.
It explained that police on receiving information about the abandoned vehicles and money, command immediately mobilized its men and swiftly moved to the scene in conjunction with members of the local vigilance and a traditional ruler from Ubiaja,
Part of the statement read: “On receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ubiaja mobilised his men who during the bank robbery operations blocked all the exit routes from in and out of Uromi town, together with the team immediately mobilised to the location and recovered the following vehicles and items: One red Camry car with Reg. No. EZA 105 KJA, One ash Camry Car with Reg. No. KWL 19 DU, One Dark Ash Corolla car with Reg. No. UBJ 734 SZ, One Lexus 330 car with Reg. No. AAA 973 FL, One Red Q. Link M/CYCLE With Reg. No. EZA 105 QN, one Red Day Long M/Cycle With Reg. No. ENU 204 QL, two small bags containing women’s items, one Union Bank ATM card, and cash sum thirty-four million, five hundred and ten thousand Naira only ( #34,510,000.00).”
“On 25/02/2022, at about 0730, operatives of the Edo State Police Command, in conjunction with local vigilance members, accompanied by Chief John Odijie, the Oniha of Ubiaja, led by the DPO, Ubiaja, acting on credible information that some vehicles suspected to have been used by armed robbers in the Uromi bank robbery operations on the 24/02 /2022 were seen hidden in Oruen Quarter’s bush of Ubiaja in Esan Southeast LGA of Edo State.
The statement also said the state Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, has sympathize with the families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident while promising not to relent until all the people behind the attacks were brought to face the full wrath of the law.
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