Robbers invade Osun State.

It was a blood bath as men of the under world stormed one of the commercial banks in Ikirun town in Ifelodun Local Government area of Osun State, with no fewer than four policemen and six civilians feared killed in the operations they carried out.

 A resident of the town who witnessed the incident, described it as “a war.”
Another credible source said that the armed robbers, who invaded the town in about four vehicles, used explosives to break security doors of three commercial banks located in the heart of the town, just as they shot sporadically into the air to create panic among the people.


The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Osun Police Command, Mrs Folasade Odoro, confirmed the incident, but said only one policeman was killed in the robbery attacks, disclosing that three of the armed robbers were gunned down by the riot policemen during a shootout. She did not speak on the other reported casualties.