[size=14pt]Robbers on the rampage •Bomb police station, kill 2 policemen, loot armoury in Kogi •Attack Ogun ex-deputy gov’s house[/size]


Written by Yekini Jimoh and Olayinka Olukoya
Sunday, 20 November 2011

THE Divisional Police Station, Kabba, was on Saturday bombed by some heavily armed robbers, killing two policemen. A branch of a first generation bank that is close to the police station was riddled with bullets. In a similar development, the home of a former deputy governor of Ogun State was stormed by some armed robbers on Saturday.

According to Sunday Tribune’s investigations, the robbers who attacked Kabba, numbering 10, invaded the police station at about 1.00 a.m. and bombed it, killing two policemen on duty and looting the armoury.

Sources added that the robbers arrived on two vehicles and two power motorcycles, adding that immediately they arrived, they started shooting sporadically and then threw explosives into the building, a development that resulted in fire that burnt the station.

It was further learnt that from there, they moved to the bank.

It was also gathered that they ignited several dynamites at the bank’s vault, but they could not gain access into it before they left.

Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Amana Abasankanga, who arrived Kabba to assess the situation, told journalists that immediately he was alerted to the incident, he mobilised his anti-riot men in Okene to go with the armoured personnel carrier (APC) to assist the policemen in Kabba.

According to him, while entering Kabba, the anti-riot men met the robbers who opened fire on them and deflated the tyres of the APC before they escaped.

He said his men swiftly responded to the exchange of gun fire with the robbers before they managed to escape, adding that he had put his men on red alert and expressed hope that the bandit would soon be arrested.

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